From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17584 invoked by alias); 21 Jun 2007 21:47:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 17576 invoked by uid 22791); 21 Jun 2007 21:47:39 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from viper.snap.net.nz (HELO viper.snap.net.nz) (202.37.101.8) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:47:35 +0000 Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (191.63.255.123.dynamic.snap.net.nz [123.255.63.191]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4467B3D922A; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:47:32 +1200 (NZST) Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 45C8D8FBF6; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:47:31 +1200 (NZST) From: Nick Roberts MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18042.61938.458913.398215@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:47:00 -0000 To: Joel Brobecker Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: DELAYED: GDB 6.7 branch creation scheduled June 25th In-Reply-To: <20070621181530.GC12173@adacore.com> References: <20070608061902.GP3761@adacore.com> <20070621181530.GC12173@adacore.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.1.50.4 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-06/txt/msg00182.txt.bz2 > Sorry, I'm a bit stuck right now and for the next few days. > I will be in New York next week, and will create the branch > from there. > > I was going to use the 2007-06-17 date where to start the branch, > but I might reconsider: > . Extensive gdbarch changes made by Markus and Ulrich > These should be pretty safe, and yet not including them in the > branch might complicate branch patch merging later on > . Daniel's adjustment in configure.ac ($objdir issue) > > Also, this would allow us to include recent improvements such as: > . the qOffsets changes > > I think there are also a couple of items that Daniel and someone > else wanted in... These facts suggest to me that it's best to delay the branch, possibly by a month or two, not backdate it. I guess I'm used to Emacs where the freeze alone lasted for three years (which _is_ ridiculous) but where does the pressure come from for such a prompt release? -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob