Re: GDB 5.3.1 vs 5.4/6.0

[Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec@shout.net>]

Joel Brobecker writes:
> I think we have enough valuable fixes in the 5.3 branch to make a 5.3.1
> release worth-while.

Huh?  Every one of the valuable fixes are already in the gdb 5.3 release.
There's nothing more to release.  I mean that literally.  The only change
since the release is the version number bump to 5.3.0.90.

Are you saying that the 5.3 release has a lot of fixes that need to be
forward-ported to HEAD, or what?

Michael C

  % cvs diff -r gdb_5_3-12-12-release -r gdb_5_3-branch
  Index: gdb/ChangeLog
  ===================================================================
  RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/ChangeLog,v
  retrieving revision 1.3181.2.54
  retrieving revision 1.3181.2.55
  diff -r1.3181.2.54 -r1.3181.2.55
  0a1,4
  > 2002-12-11  GDB Administrator  <gdbadmin@sourceware.org>
  >
  >       * version.in: Bump to version 5.3.0.90.
  >
  Index: gdb/version.in
  ===================================================================
  RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/version.in,v
  retrieving revision 1.447.2.104
  retrieving revision 1.447.2.127
  diff -r1.447.2.104 -r1.447.2.127
  1c1
  < 5.3
  ---
  > 5.3.0.90_2003-01-02-cvs