[gdb-7.1] new branching dates...

[gdb-7.1] new branching dates...

[Joel Brobecker]

Hello,

gdb-7.1 branching was scheduled for Feb 10, but we still have a few
items on the list that need to be done. Actually, I think it's only
one patch, now, for PIE, which is up for review:

    [Jan] PIE support extension for biarch (64->32) mode.

There is one documented issue where we will likely just apply
a workaround on the branch:

    Apply one of the workarounds from PR 10966 to the branch 

The last item is about documentation. It's been there forever, so
I don't know how relevant it still is. I've asked Volodya to confirm,
but I suggest we do not make this blocking for the branch, just for
the release (that gives us another couple of weeks to get this done).

I'll take care of applying the work-around. Hopefully we can review
Jan's patch quickly
(http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2010-02/msg00289.html), and
create the branch early next week.

-- 
Joel

Re: [gdb-7.1] new branching dates...

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:43:03 +0400
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> 
> The last item is about documentation. It's been there forever, so
> I don't know how relevant it still is. I've asked Volodya to confirm,
> but I suggest we do not make this blocking for the branch, just for
> the release (that gives us another couple of weeks to get this done).

Fine with me.

Btw, where's the list that this item is in?

Re: [gdb-7.1] new branching dates...

[Joel Brobecker]

> Btw, where's the list that this item is in?

It's the gdb-7.1 release wiki page:

        http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/GDB_7.1_Release

-- 
Joel

Re: [gdb-7.1] new branching dates...

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:41:05 +0400
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
> 
> > Btw, where's the list that this item is in?
> 
> It's the gdb-7.1 release wiki page:
> 
>         http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/GDB_7.1_Release

Thanks.  So I guess half of that item was resolved by Vladimir's patch
which I just approved, is that right?

Re: [gdb-7.1] new branching dates...

[Joel Brobecker]

> Thanks.  So I guess half of that item was resolved by Vladimir's patch
> which I just approved, is that right?

Right. Regarding the internal documentation (how to non-stop for
your favorite arch-target), Pedro confirmed that this is certainly
not essential for the release, so I'm about to remove that item from
the list.

This really leaves us with 2 remaining items:
  - A patch waiting for review
  - A problem for which we are looking for a workaround.

-- 
Joel