From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3354 invoked by alias); 23 Jun 2007 04:44:17 -0000 Received: (qmail 3346 invoked by uid 22791); 23 Jun 2007 04:44:16 -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; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:44:14 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 717292A9968; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:44:12 -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 7b5EVXM+qA-2; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:44:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29E9F2A9967; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:44:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AA614E7B51; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:45:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:44:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Nick Roberts Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: DELAYED: GDB 6.7 branch creation scheduled June 25th Message-ID: <20070623044559.GR18706@adacore.com> References: <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> <18044.25556.843471.837917@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <20070623003622.GP18706@adacore.com> <18044.28720.838572.299857@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <20070623012330.GQ18706@adacore.com> <18044.31406.517675.362950@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <18044.31406.517675.362950@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/msg00210.txt.bz2 > Perhaps I should have emhasised the words "where's the gain". That was > my real question. Please don't be quite so cynical. To which I thought I had answered: Lots of improvements that will benefit many users. Just the NEWS sections is longer than I remember it to ever be. I'm sorry if you think that I'm cynical, but I'm not. > I'm just drawing it to your attention as release manager and, Point taken. In terms of learning from this thread: I interpreted your questions as vague general questions and I couldn't understand the motivation behind them. So I answered accordingly. Maybe I was naive, maybe I misinterpreted. But it doesn't matter. What matters is that you know how I operate, now. So if you tell us right from the beginning what it is that you need, and why, we will answer your request a lot faster. > through this forum, hopefully to the attention of others. I'm sorry, but I think you're using the wrong communication channel. Pinging the relevant parties on gdb-patches should be a lot more effective. -- Joel