From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29306 invoked by alias); 15 Feb 2011 04:01:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 29293 invoked by uid 22791); 15 Feb 2011 04:01:46 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-gw0-f41.google.com (HELO mail-gw0-f41.google.com) (74.125.83.41) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:01:41 +0000 Received: by gwj22 with SMTP id 22so2666779gwj.0 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:01:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.151.14.12 with SMTP id r12mr5374082ybi.295.1297742498552; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:01:38 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.147.34.12 with HTTP; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:01:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20110214145010.GX2384@adacore.com> References: <20110214145010.GX2384@adacore.com> From: Hui Zhu Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:06:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: time to start thinking about GDB 7.3 (as well!) To: Joel Brobecker Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-02/txt/msg00313.txt.bz2 7.2.1 On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 22:50, Joel Brobecker wrote: > According to the tentative calendar, it's also time to start thinking > about the GDB 7.3 release process. =A0Normally, we were planning on > branching next week. > > Judging from the entries in the NEWS file, I think we have enough > material to make a new release. =A0However, I also believe that the > same issues that we identified as a blocker for 7.2.1 are also > relevant for 7.3. > > There is a Wiki page for the 7.3 release: > =A0 =A0http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/GDB_7.3_Release > > Can we start putting entries for things we know need to be fixed > before branching/release? > > We should also discuss features that we think would be worthwhile > waiting for. Some Python work being finished, for instance, which > might nicely complements some of the new enhancements we got? > Tracepoints? gdbserver work? Etc. I am woking on the tracepoint printf support. Wish it can be in 7.3. > > What I propose is to produce 7.2.1 as soon as the blocking issues > are fixed. =A0We might also be creating the 7.3 branch pretty much > at the same time, which means that 7.3 might be coming shortly > after 7.2.1, but I think that's OK. I'd rather not have a 7.2.1 > if that means artificially delaying 7.3 - but I don't a problem > with producing both. > Wish we can get 7.2.1 early. :) Thanks, Hui