From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21490 invoked by alias); 23 Jun 2007 00:08:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 21478 invoked by uid 22791); 23 Jun 2007 00:08:11 -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; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:08:09 +0000 Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (51.60.255.123.dynamic.snap.net.nz [123.255.60.51]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC7A13D9593; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:08:05 +1200 (NZST) Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id EF8808FBF6; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:05:41 +1200 (NZST) From: Nick Roberts MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18044.25556.843471.837917@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:08:00 -0000 To: Joel Brobecker Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: DELAYED: GDB 6.7 branch creation scheduled June 25th In-Reply-To: <20070622161752.GL18706@adacore.com> References: <20070608061902.GP3761@adacore.com> <20070621181530.GC12173@adacore.com> <18042.61938.458913.398215@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <20070622014101.GC18706@adacore.com> <18043.30976.871935.736190@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <20070622161752.GL18706@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/msg00204.txt.bz2 > > If you're saying branch and then fix before the release, there doesn't > > seem much point in testing until all the fixes are in. So where's the > > gain in branching early? > > I disagree with the assumption that we are branching "early". We are > branching, because we need to branch to make a release. If the fix > for the bug doesn't make it before the branch is done, then we'll > just port the fix to the branch. If during testing we discover that > there is a significant issue, then we just delay the release. You've not really answered my question but the prerogative is yours, of course. Once the branch is made, I might miss the announcement for the imminent release, so I would only ask that the bug I have reported: http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2007-06/msg00022.html is indeed fixed before the release. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob