Re: start of the GDB 11 release cycle

[Luis Machado via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>]

Hi Joel,

On 5/9/21 9:04 PM, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It's been about 6.5 months since we made the first GDB 10 release (10.1).
> So I propose we start the process of creating the GDB 11 release now.
> 
> As of now, below are the issues that I'm aware of:
> 
>    * [Sergey with Simon as reviewer] <PR tdep/26633>
>      Add Z80 CPU support
>      https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26633
> 
>      Patch submitted at:
>      https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2020-September/172083.html
> 
>    * [AndrewB/Simon] <PR gdb/26819>
>      Bug 26819 - RISC-V: internal-error: int finish_step_over(execution_control_state*): Assertion
>      https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26819
> 
>      I think the situation has been improved thanks to a couple of
>      patches, but the user still has some scenarios where the issue
>      happens.
> 
>    * [Simon] <PR gdb/26868>
>      Follow-up on x86-64 stub submission
>      https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26868
> 
>      This is the submission in question:
>      https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2020-November/173182.html
> 
>    * [Simon/Kevin] <PR gdb/27526>
>      Attaching to threaded process on glibc 2.33: libthread_db fails to initialize with "generic error"
> 
>      Patch v2 at:
>      https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-May/178485.html
> 
> Are there other issues or last minute features we'd like to include
> before we branch and/or release?

For issues, I have a couple that I'd like to get fixed for AArch64 MTE 
before GDB 11. I'll file those in bugzilla and will set the fields 
accordingly.

In terms of features, I'd really like to get AArch64 MTE core file 
support (dumping registers and memory tags) in before GDB 11. I don't 
expect it to be a big change, but I'm still polishing the series so I 
can submit it.

Given this step needs coordination with the kernel, there might be 
delays here and there. Do you think that will be acceptable?