GDB 12 preparation -- 2022-02-27 update

GDB 12 preparation -- 2022-02-27 update

[Joel Brobecker via Gdb-patches]

Hi everyone,

Quick update of the week. So far, the number of identified issues
remains the same as last week's and one of them got fixed. So
we're making progress!

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Fixed Since the Previous Update:
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  * [JohnB] gdbsupport: Add an event-pipe
    https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2022-January/185345.html


Added Since the Last Update:
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  <none>


Other Ongoing Items:
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  * TBC: [BarisA/AndrewB] <PR cli/28833>
    Ctrl-D distorts GDB prompt
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28833


        Baris requested that we consider the bug above, which seems
        to be a GDB 11 regression for Baris.

        Andrew posted progress on the PR. Currently coordinating
        with the readline maintainers (seems to be progressing well)...
        Ideally, an official solution from the readline community
        is put in place, and we backport it. If not, we can try
        to fix things up on the GDB 12 branch while we wait for
        the official fix for master.

  * [AndrewB] create GDB/MI commands using python

        Explicit request to include in GDB 12; accepted as the patches
        were sent prior to the start of the GDB 12 release process.

        Latest version (v4, just a rebase of v3), posted by Andrew,
        has been reviewed by Tom (Feb 25th).
        https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2022-February/186092.html


Reminder: Tentative Schedule:
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  - GDB 12 branching: ~Mar 20-25;
  - GDB 12.1 release 2 weeks later, so early Apr.

-- 
Joel