From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17451 invoked by alias); 23 Jun 2007 12:33:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 17433 invoked by uid 22791); 23 Jun 2007 12:33:10 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from NaN.false.org (HELO nan.false.org) (208.75.86.248) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:33:08 +0000 Received: from nan.false.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E333498180; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:33:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from caradoc.them.org (22.svnf5.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.183.55]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B29EE9817D; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:33:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from drow by caradoc.them.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1I24nq-0003pu-H0; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:33:22 -0400 Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:33:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Nick Roberts Cc: Joel Brobecker , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: DELAYED: GDB 6.7 branch creation scheduled June 25th Message-ID: <20070623123322.GB14698@caradoc.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Nick Roberts , Joel Brobecker , gdb@sourceware.org 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> <18044.25556.843471.837917@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <18044.25556.843471.837917@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-09) 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/msg00212.txt.bz2 On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 12:05:40PM +1200, Nick Roberts wrote: > > > 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. I will try to look at it today. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery