From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pf1-x42e.google.com (mail-pf1-x42e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::42e]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7E27438460B2 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2021 15:35:42 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 7E27438460B2 Received: by mail-pf1-x42e.google.com with SMTP id a127so16938427pfa.10 for ; Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:35:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=9nhX43+ijnQiNK1kPMXWdT22uRgwREj84+g/KA+iJ0A=; b=mbsMX2jtLt8b0bDmb3O1fcDSREOIzG42XFAxFitcBmibIZS+YAL5QV9dmxiQn/J9Cm Vhu3AOeGFi9qrxNjsmr+lcUje1S4O4IiBnAj6rrFZzgKvHtCGihnuojefYhPtsPPr2kn ECh7xrA+HLQMOdL3ZBh9Jz2SEohZ1XlX/WLaEnUHEWNnXnUGuG0Wbu+8cEJSIrAT+AMW t1YXZQY9I3ZiXs9zkTzQ4cKVt/Mtv78GxU9TAPj9yNEEewr1C/n3DWzUrLHBvdwmsW13 XaGEihQRoGK5Rvp5jjCfhOiDsglDt80jY47IyWppPp0t52YA8okWlRS10KCT42hw9r9Z cJgQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533B//C85T9EKR12TSrtQB/v1vu5Oux2XX8SVZMAfzYyDYhHnkIt X+tMGf7+rlUYQAEGqyQiwzkcAto88y2wTKe+603v0oHT23g= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxgsUKTHMuBH35p+t8w8cCmFkaUh2LmwodJVGVBkMumh9ENNYmhMfockdYUDbIH2q7G5Yz3i99/GCY3bWuAo7Y= X-Received: by 2002:a65:478d:: with SMTP id e13mr16470407pgs.37.1625499341620; Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:35:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <878s2na1ka.fsf@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <878s2na1ka.fsf@redhat.com> From: "H.J. Lu" Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2021 08:35:05 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: 2.37 branch created. To: Nick Clifton Cc: Binutils Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3025.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: binutils@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Binutils mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2021 15:35:44 -0000 On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 7:56 AM Nick Clifton via Binutils wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > The 2.37 branch has now been created: > > git clone git://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git -b binutils-2.37-branch > > A snapshot of the sources is also available here: > > https://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/snapshots/binutils-2.36.90.tar.xz > > Please could all patches for the branch be run by me. > The rules for the branch are: > > * No new features. > * Target specific bug fixes are OK. > * Generic bug fixes are OK if they are important and widely tested. > * Documentation updates/fixes are OK. > * Translation updates are OK. > * Fixes for testsuite failures are OK. > > Ideally I would like to make the release happen in two weeks time, > i.e. July 18. Which I hope will be enough time for everyone > to get their final fixes in. > > > In addition, now that this branch has been cut, we are dropping the > requirement for ChangeLog entries to be submitted with patches to the > mainline sources. They are not forbidden, but they are optional. > Instead we will be generating changelogs for future releases based on > the git commit messages. As such, please could anyone checking in a > patch endevour to ensure that the commit messages are thorough. > Is it too late to fix: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28040 for 2.37? -- H.J.