From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26083 invoked by alias); 21 Sep 2019 10:27:32 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 25931 invoked by uid 89); 21 Sep 2019 10:27:32 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-13.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy=HX-Languages-Length:1790, PR's, guidance, pr's X-HELO: mx1.suse.de Received: from mx2.suse.de (HELO mx1.suse.de) (195.135.220.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:27:31 +0000 Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CF33AF3B; Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:27:29 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: GDB 8.3.1 to be released very soon! To: Joel Brobecker Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org References: <20190916213147.GA22341@adacore.com> <20190920152041.GB1048@adacore.com> From: Tom de Vries Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Message-ID: <3afe5dc9-6e4b-80dd-df2b-8c69345ab137@suse.de> Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:27:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190920152041.GB1048@adacore.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2019-09/txt/msg00433.txt.bz2 On 20-09-19 17:20, Joel Brobecker wrote: >>> As far as I know, there is only one patch series that's pending >>> confirmation that it's OK to backport: >>> >>> * [TomDV] Add Rust support to source highlighting >>> https://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2019-09/msg00225.html >>> >>> The backport of the second patch needs confirmation that >>> it's OK (TomT). Please remember that all patches going into >>> the .1 need to have a corresponding PR, with the PR's target >>> milestone being set to 8.3.1, so TomDV will need to adjust >>> his patches accordingly. >>> >> >> This is done. > > Thanks for confirming. I missed that when I sent you a private note > a few minutes ago about it... > >>> If anyone has other changes that are pending for 8.3.1, now is >>> the time to say so; unless there are more patches, I'm planning >>> on creating the release on Friday or Saturday. >>> >> >> I've only got one outstanding patch for 8.3, which adds a KFAIL, not a >> gdb code change, so not strictly necessary and more of a convenience. >> This is "[PATCH, 8.3][gdb/testsuite] Mark watchthreads-reorder.exp FAIL >> as KFAIL" @ https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2019-09/msg00221.html . > > If it was just me deciding, I would keep it out. It's only for developers > where it's not really going to make such a difference, since we tend to > validate patches by diffing the results before and after, while at > the same time, it's using a central function of our testsuite. It's > a fairly mechanical change, so the risk is probably relatively low, > but even then, I don't think the gains are worth that risk. > Hi Joel, I'm fine with going by your guidance and skipping this patch. I don't want the release to be held up for this. Thanks, - Tom