GDB 14 branching & release -- 2023-09-24 update

GDB 14 branching & release -- 2023-09-24 update

[Joel Brobecker]

Hi everyone,

We've made some progress last week, as the summary below will show.
I'm hoping we'll be able to create the first branch soon. If Luis'
PR gdb/30689 goes in soon, then we'll create the branch soon after
that. If it takes more than another week or two, then we'll have
to discuss what we want to do -- keep waiting or branch without it,
and then backport. I haven't looked into the details of the patch
series; from the surface is mostly AArch64-focused, but not entirely,
and it is also pretty largish...

More news next week.

Fixed Since the Previous Update:
--------------------------------

  * [Gregory Anders] (DAP series)
    Various DAP fixes
    v2: https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2023-September/202123.html

  * [TomT] (DAP series)
    Handle pointers and references correctly in DAP
    https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2023-September/202169.html

Added Since the Last Update:
----------------------------

  * [TomT]
    Add pretty-printer base class and new methods
    https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2023-September/202342.html

Other Ongoing Items:
--------------------

 * [LuisM] PR gdb/30689
   [AArch64] gdb scalable matrix extension (SME1 and SME2) support
   https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30689

   SME1 v7 series (Sep 18):
   https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2023-September/202581.html

   SME2 v5 series (Sep 13):
   https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2023-September/202597.html

Not Blocking, But Keep An Eye On:
---------------------------------

  < none >

-- 
Joel

Re: GDB 14 branching & release -- 2023-09-24 update

[Simon Marchi]

On 9/24/23 10:29, Joel Brobecker via Gdb-patches wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> We've made some progress last week, as the summary below will show.
> I'm hoping we'll be able to create the first branch soon. If Luis'
> PR gdb/30689 goes in soon, then we'll create the branch soon after
> that. If it takes more than another week or two, then we'll have
> to discuss what we want to do -- keep waiting or branch without it,
> and then backport. I haven't looked into the details of the patch
> series; from the surface is mostly AArch64-focused, but not entirely,
> and it is also pretty largish...
> 
> More news next week.
> 
> Fixed Since the Previous Update:
> --------------------------------
> 
>   * [Gregory Anders] (DAP series)
>     Various DAP fixes
>     v2: https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2023-September/202123.html
> 
>   * [TomT] (DAP series)
>     Handle pointers and references correctly in DAP
>     https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2023-September/202169.html
> 
> Added Since the Last Update:
> ----------------------------
> 
>   * [TomT]
>     Add pretty-printer base class and new methods
>     https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2023-September/202342.html
> 
> Other Ongoing Items:
> --------------------
> 
>  * [LuisM] PR gdb/30689
>    [AArch64] gdb scalable matrix extension (SME1 and SME2) support
>    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30689
> 
>    SME1 v7 series (Sep 18):
>    https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2023-September/202581.html
> 
>    SME2 v5 series (Sep 13):
>    https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2023-September/202597.html
> 
> Not Blocking, But Keep An Eye On:
> ---------------------------------
> 
>   < none >

Hi Joel,

I identified this regression in gdb.base/gcore.exp with the
native-extended-gdbserver board:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30912

I don't think it should be blocking the branching, but it should be
fixed / cherry-picked before the release.

Simon

Re: GDB 14 branching & release -- 2023-09-24 update

[Joel Brobecker]

Hi Simon,

> I identified this regression in gdb.base/gcore.exp with the
> native-extended-gdbserver board:
> 
> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30912
> 
> I don't think it should be blocking the branching, but it should be
> fixed / cherry-picked before the release.

Thanks for the heads up. The fact that it has a corresponding PR
helps a lot with the tracking.

I've set the PR's target release to 14.1 to reflect the above.
Can you explain why you recommended this fix be in 14.1?

-- 
Joel

Re: GDB 14 branching & release -- 2023-09-24 update

[Simon Marchi]

On 9/28/23 13:43, Joel Brobecker via Gdb-patches wrote:
> Hi Simon,
> 
>> I identified this regression in gdb.base/gcore.exp with the
>> native-extended-gdbserver board:
>>
>> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30912
>>
>> I don't think it should be blocking the branching, but it should be
>> fixed / cherry-picked before the release.
> 
> Thanks for the heads up. The fact that it has a corresponding PR
> helps a lot with the tracking.
> 
> I've set the PR's target release to 14.1 to reflect the above.
> Can you explain why you recommended this fix be in 14.1?

It is a regression from GDB 13 to 14.  So if we can fix it in GDB 14,
it's as if it never happened.

Simon

Re: GDB 14 branching & release -- 2023-09-24 update

[Joel Brobecker]

> It is a regression from GDB 13 to 14.  So if we can fix it in GDB 14,
> it's as if it never happened.

Perfect. That's what I thought, but wanted to double-check whether
there were other factors as well. Thanks Simon!

-- 
Joel