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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
Cc: gdb@sourceware.org, Kai Tietz <ktietz@redhat.com>,        Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,        Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: readline rebase 5.1->6.2?
References: <20110322154327.GA8966@host1.jankratochvil.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:58:00 -0000
In-Reply-To: <20110322154327.GA8966@host1.jankratochvil.net> (Jan Kratochvil's	message of "Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:43:27 +0100")
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>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> writes:

Jan> it is a bity pity the sourceware tree still bundles readline-5.1
Jan> while distros build GDB with readline less than 5 years old.

[...]

Jan> Before 7.3 cut off I ask about the opinion on these MS-related platforms
Jan> compatibility readline patches, Fedora GNU/Linux runs fine with
Jan> readline-6.1-2.fc14 with readline-6.2-2.fc15 soon to be GA and also no
Jan> reported problems.

I think upgrading is a good idea, but I think any upgrade should be done
on the trunk after 7.3 branches -- the sooner after the branch is made,
the better.

Tom