From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 36383 invoked by alias); 3 Jul 2018 16:59:42 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 36374 invoked by uid 89); 3 Jul 2018 16:59:41 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=mature, H*M:199b, waroquiers, Philippe X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx3-rdu2.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.73) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 03 Jul 2018 16:59:40 +0000 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA99D401B3BB; Tue, 3 Jul 2018 16:59:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (ovpn04.gateway.prod.ext.ams2.redhat.com [10.39.146.4]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C42C1117629; Tue, 3 Jul 2018 16:59:37 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: GDB 8.2 branch WEDNESDAY? (2018-07-02 update) To: Philippe Waroquiers , Joel Brobecker References: <20180702201833.GA1080@adacore.com> <1530565121.29413.10.camel@skynet.be> <20180702221233.GA30500@adacore.com> <1530590617.29413.14.camel@skynet.be> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org From: Pedro Alves Message-ID: Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2018 16:59:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1530590617.29413.14.camel@skynet.be> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SW-Source: 2018-07/txt/msg00059.txt.bz2 On 07/03/2018 05:03 AM, Philippe Waroquiers wrote: > On Mon, 2018-07-02 at 15:12 -0700, Joel Brobecker wrote: >>>> * (PhilippeW) Implement 'frame apply COMMAND', enhance 'thread apply COMMAND' >>>> v3 sent on June 24th: >>>> https://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2018-06/msg00559.html >>>> >>>> At this point, it looks to me like there are still some questions >>>> related to the new command-line interface itself, so it seems >>>> better to give our the time to think this through. Let's keep >>>> the pressure on, to get this patch series over the hump, but >>>> let's also give ourselves the opportunity to observe the patch >>>> in the master branch for a while before it makes it to a release. >>> >>> To my knowledge, v3 implements all what was discussed with Pedro. >>> However, we still have a question related to the 'compatibility' >>> between this patch and the patch >>>   https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2018-06/msg00170.html >>> regarding using 'id' or 'level' to identify a frame. >>> >>> So, effectively, we better agree on that aspect before pushing >>> (in the master branch then) ... >> >> That is indeed my main concern, and considering the proposed branching >> date, I am thinking it might be tight to get an agreement. And if we >> do get an agreement in time, would it make sense to wait after the >> branch or not? I haven't followed the thread very closely, so I'll >> defer to your judgement as well as the Pedro's. > > IMO, it would make sense to wait after the branch, so as to have > time to see the 2 patches together in the master branch, and adjust > if needed I agree, even though I feel a little guilty that the patches are taking so long to be reviewed. Sorry about that. I would prefer to mature the patches on master personally, to avoid issues with getting stuck with some user interface issue we may run into once we get more exposure. > But I will not too strongly object if Pedro is really keen on pushing > it in earlier :). I'm not. :-) I'm downloading the v3 series to start playing with it. I'll try to reply back soon. Thanks, Pedro Alves