Re: DELAYED: GDB 6.7 branch creation scheduled June 25th

Nick Roberts
2007-06-23T00:58:38Z

> > You've not really answered my question but the prerogative is yours, of
> > course.
>
> Can you ask your question again? I probably didn't understand what
> you were asking.

It's just the one that I left in the the message "So where's the gain in
branching early?" but perhaps Stan Shebs answered it.

> > 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:
>
> As of now, the release is scheduled one month after branching.
>
> > http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2007-06/msg00022.html
> >
> > is indeed fixed before the release.
>
> You have to understand that this can not be guarantied by me.

You're the release manager so presumably you can insist on certain things
being done before a release is made.

> I could
> be underestimating the severity of the problem, but this issue hardly
> seems blocking.

It breaks existing use of Gdb in Emacs 22.1.

> If you or anyone has a plan for fixing this issue
> and promises to propose a patch within a reasonable timeframe (let's
> say 2 weeks), then we can consider delaying the release a bit.

My plan would be just revert the change and I think Jan Kratochvil has agreed
with this. AFAICS there's no reason why this would delay the release.

> Otherwise, I think we should proceed, and just have this particular
> issue documented as a known problem.

It's not just a bug but a regression. I don't think breaking a feature
and then documenting it as a known problem is really an acceptable policy.

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Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob