GDB 12 branching next weekend (2022-03-20 or 2022-03-21)?

[Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>]

Hi everyone,

Given the advancement on the two remaining items identified for
the GDB 12 release, I think we can shoot for branching this coming
weekend:

        Sat/Sun March 20-21.

If you guys see some issues with that, then please let us know.
Otherwise, let's go for it!

Cheers everyone.

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Fixed Since the Previous Update:
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Added Since the Last Update:
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  <none>


Other Ongoing Items:
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  * TBC: [BarisA/AndrewB] <PR cli/28833>
    Ctrl-D distorts GDB prompt
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28833


        Baris requested that we consider the bug above, which seems
        to be a GDB 11 regression for Baris.

        IIUC, Andrew fixed the issue in upstream's readline, and
        now we just need to backport it.
        https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2022-03/msg00005.html

        Backport request on GDB ml:
        https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2022-March/186391.html

        There was a suggestion that we use a more limited bug safer
        approach for GDB 12. I did not look at the patch, but if it
        helps make people more comfortable, this seems like a valid
        approach.

  * [AndrewB] create GDB/MI commands using python

        Explicit request to include in GDB 12; accepted as the patches
        were sent prior to the start of the GDB 12 release process.

        Latest version (v5) pasted by Andrew, and approved by Tom:
        https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2022-February/186176.html

        Let's push the patch ;-).


Reminder: Tentative Schedule:
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  - GDB 12 branching: ~Mar 20-25;
  - GDB 12.1 release 2 weeks later, so early Apr.

-- 
Joel