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From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>
To: gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: GDB `cannotfix' pr state, require PR with xfail `moving forward'.
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:35:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3E270973.9020702@redhat.com> (raw)

Hello,

There is currently a long thread (Remove all setup_xfail...)'s on 
gdb-patches@.  Several proposals, I think, can already be identified at 
this point in the discussion.

- yank the existing xfail PR markings (but not the actual xfails) (they 
apply to old internal Red Hat and HP bug databases and hence are 
meaningless).

- `moving forward' all new xfails, and all modifications to existing 
xfail's should include a bug report  (this way, new analyzed vs old 
unanalized xfail's can easily be differentiated).

- GDB have a new closed state `cannotfix'; or a new class `xfail' or 
`notabug' or ...; or even reuse the class `mistaken' that can be used to 
categorize xfail bug reports (not sure which is better here).

thoughts,
Andrew

PS: The state `willnotfix' was suggested.  I think that is wrong.  GDB 
shouldn't refuse to fix a real problem (just drop the priority to low), 
and here the problem is one of cannot fix.


             reply	other threads:[~2003-01-16 19:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-01-16 19:35 Andrew Cagney [this message]
2003-01-17 19:26 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-01-17 19:29   ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-01-17 19:47     ` Andrew Cagney
2003-01-17 19:40   ` David Carlton
2003-01-17 19:56 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-01-17 19:45 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2003-01-17 19:46 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-01-17 20:12   ` Andrew Cagney
2003-01-17 20:18     ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-01-17 20:53       ` Andrew Cagney
2003-01-17 22:06         ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-01-17 23:28           ` Andrew Cagney
2003-01-18  3:40             ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-01-17 20:16 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-01-17 19:57 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2003-01-17 20:03 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2003-01-17 20:28 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2003-01-18 11:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-01-17 20:52 Michael Elizabeth Chastain

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