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Violators will be prosecuted; (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256/256) Fri, 1 Jun 2018 15:42:43 -0600 Received: from b03ledav006.gho.boulder.ibm.com (b03ledav006.gho.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.130.237]) by b03cxnp08025.gho.boulder.ibm.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id w51LgfVw18481634 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL); Fri, 1 Jun 2018 14:42:41 -0700 Received: from b03ledav006.gho.boulder.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51B36C603E; Fri, 1 Jun 2018 15:42:41 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pedro.localdomain (unknown [9.85.185.148]) by b03ledav006.gho.boulder.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 146C4C6043; Fri, 1 Jun 2018 15:42:41 -0600 (MDT) Received: by pedro.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 42F383C03E6; Fri, 1 Jun 2018 18:42:38 -0300 (-03) From: Pedro Franco de Carvalho To: Joel Brobecker , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: NEED FEEDBACK: time to start the GDB 8.2 release process (2018-05-30 update) In-Reply-To: <20180530225306.jbf5xtpgvkmno7md@adacore.com> References: <20180530225306.jbf5xtpgvkmno7md@adacore.com> CC: uweigand@de.ibm.com Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2018 21:42:00 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 18060121-0004-0000-0000-0000143874DE X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00009111; HX=3.00000241; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000265; SDB=6.01040947; UDB=6.00532898; IPR=6.00820077; MB=3.00021416; MTD=3.00000008; XFM=3.00000015; UTC=2018-06-01 21:42:44 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 18060121-0005-0000-0000-00008783016A Message-Id: <871sdqkwtt.fsf@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:,, definitions=2018-06-01_13:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=1 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1805220000 definitions=main-1806010247 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2018-06/txt/msg00037.txt.bz2 Joel Brobecker writes: > Hey everyone, > > Although 8.1.1 is not entirely out yet, I think we should start working > on GDB 8.2 now, rather than wait more. Looking at the NEWS files, > we have a reasonable list of new features to warrant a new release. > > The initial plan, published at https://www.sourceware.org/gdb/schedule/, > called for a branch on Jun 15th, so 2 weeks from now. In internet time, > this is quite a short time-frame, but perhaps we'll be able to make it? > > Does anyone have projects that are nearly finished and would be > important to include in 8.2 rather than wait for 8.3? If yes, > what kind of time frame can we expect for getting those in. > Should we wait for the patch to be in master before we cut the branch, > or can the changes be backported afterwards? > > All the information we can collect here will help us determine how > likely it is for us to branch on June 15th. > > Besides the above, I have created a wiki page for that release > branch: https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/GDB_8.2_Release. > > I'll review the PRs marked for 8.2, to make sure they are all > legitimate blockers for 8.2. > > Thank you, > -- > Joel Hello, I'm working on a few patches to enable access to additional registers in ppc, which I was hoping to finish in time for 8.2. No patches are ready yet, and probably won't be ready in two weeks. I might be able to finish them in 3 or 4 weeks. They should be backportable to the branch. Thank you!