From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10652 invoked by alias); 14 Jan 2014 14:36:24 -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 10640 invoked by uid 89); 14 Jan 2014 14:36:23 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:36:23 +0000 Received: from int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s0EEaIsD016871 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 14 Jan 2014 09:36:18 -0500 Received: from barimba (ovpn-113-85.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.85]) by int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id s0EEaGSc022591 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 14 Jan 2014 09:36:17 -0500 From: Tom Tromey To: Alan Modra Cc: Dmitry Samersoff , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Background of daily update changeset? References: <52BE7F20.8010709@samersoff.net> <87k3e33i72.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <20140114005619.GN5390@bubble.grove.modra.org> Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:36:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20140114005619.GN5390@bubble.grove.modra.org> (Alan Modra's message of "Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:26:19 +1030") Message-ID: <87ppnuy6jj.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2014-01/txt/msg00018.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Alan" == Alan Modra writes: Tom> My guess is that it's so that snapshots can be exactly identified. Alan> Yes. HJ distributes his "Linux binutils", based on snapshots of Alan> mainline plus some extra patches. Other people distribute snapshots Alan> too. The date gives us some chance of tying Joe User's bug report to Alan> the source. Tom> FWIW I'm not really convinced it is all that useful. Alan> I agree that it doesn't make much sense for gdb.. I'm curious how much use you really get out of it for binutils. Alternatively, Would it be sufficient if "src-release" instead stuck the git commit hash into some file? It's not of major importance to me, more like a rainy day thing. But if it's high value to you then I wouldn't change a thing. Tom