From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16087 invoked by alias); 22 Jun 2007 16:16:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 16077 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Jun 2007 16:16:10 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:16:08 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1F9E2AA392; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:16:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id pLKaU6sAaGMt; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:16:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60B8A2AA391; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:16:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B8374E7B51; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:17:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:16:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Nick Roberts Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: DELAYED: GDB 6.7 branch creation scheduled June 25th Message-ID: <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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <18043.30976.871935.736190@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i 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/msg00195.txt.bz2 > The next enhancement can always wait for the next release but if > there's a bug that needs fixing, that needs to be done before the > release. Yes, of course. > 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. -- Joel