From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 109340 invoked by alias); 22 Sep 2017 09:29:23 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 109321 invoked by uid 89); 22 Sep 2017 09:29:22 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KAM_INFOUSMEBIZ,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=everyday, Hx-languages-length:1045, H*M:info, she X-Spam-User: qpsmtpd, 2 recipients X-HELO: void-ptr.info Received: from pppoe.185.44.68.223.lanport.ru (HELO void-ptr.info) (185.44.68.223) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 22 Sep 2017 09:29:21 +0000 Received: from ptr by void-ptr.info with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1dvKGi-00064v-GS; Fri, 22 Sep 2017 12:29:08 +0300 Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 09:29:00 -0000 From: Petr Ovtchenkov To: Andreas Schwab Cc: Alan Modra , Joel Brobecker , Matthias Klose , Simon Marchi , Pedro Alves , Matt Rice , Fiodar Stryzhniou , Binutils , GDB Subject: Re: meaning of "Automatic date update in version.in" commits Message-ID: <20170922122908.17a9334f@void-ptr.info> In-Reply-To: <87y3p7fcsk.fsf@linux-m68k.org> References: <8740f2a7-1300-3116-f34b-5487a8cd8b2b@redhat.com> <20170921161743.3ddc6bb9@void-ptr.info> <20170921184615.6b1e5d44@void-ptr.info> <426b9fdf-a854-6d5f-b296-df71ad0c1561@ubuntu.com> <20170921192619.412ff148@void-ptr.info> <20170921163358.twez7kbewucjalwi@adacore.com> <20170921195153.4ed9f319@void-ptr.info> <20170921170031.czr6to24sarve2or@adacore.com> <20170921203857.06810b63@void-ptr.info> <20170921235936.GB25070@bubble.grove.modra.org> <20170922083141.6e968bd5@void-ptr.info> <87y3p7fcsk.fsf@linux-m68k.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-09/txt/msg00104.txt.bz2 I hope it will be the last message in this thread. Just summary of discussion to avoid useless flame in the future. Date in version.h.in stamped via everyday bot's commits is important due to user requirements. The target user portrait is: - he/she build binutils/gdb from development sources; - he/she often receive development sources as tarball from ftp server; - he/she never use git, at least on binutils/gdb build stage; - he/she use libbfd/opcodes in a "pure" manner, without software that depends upon this libs, so bulk rebuilds is not a problem; - he/she may report about bugs a few months after building or receiving library in a binary form and can more-or-less identify sources; - he/she don't use development binutils/gdb within processes with continuous integration-like approach; - he/she don't worry about ABI changes and compatibility. Assuming this targets, process of development and maintenance work well and modification not required. Thanks, -- - ptr