From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm1-x32a.google.com (mail-wm1-x32a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::32a]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EB5993858D39 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:11:39 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org EB5993858D39 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=adacore.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=adacore.com Received: by mail-wm1-x32a.google.com with SMTP id l7-20020a05600c1d0700b003eb5e6d906bso1175012wms.5 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2023 06:11:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=adacore.com; s=google; t=1678885898; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=o6ciZTlw0po9Yg5VmJ6yuv6C7Mll/756+EBU4oqOyio=; b=j8U3Z5yJYP/D7l9pm0T6ugO89Hzg1TyDad+sWIkayitzGW6X1K4CLGNPuQhYnvkgLN OLdfbj4bGHSqnGriAaAWko1vfJU99msPXrWN5qvoDiJmR6NrcMpxu9ny3BKH45u1aodB oD6O88b9n6defz1Pc4d/dYlaFVE0dSaZ6LF19+FHOsNSQRbIOjKxq6ZbYwXfsRqA7Ibn /GF5tMueKO5pH7N75cpDNNu7ReH2n9aP1lVYi60SzENmBSRvsOVDp9T6vucSafGVf61w p/gEsZfXQp2cv2B2YUVbo7tlgedQSz8KTkBSrrMMVo9xOFneXr9mhNWcgLRqW9mLWVbh owiQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; t=1678885898; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=o6ciZTlw0po9Yg5VmJ6yuv6C7Mll/756+EBU4oqOyio=; b=rcxXlpHVZdAdHg21nTauVnCOLvhRs2v0BPR9ncWi2seXlxCdcaFmgPMaGFC4Ni7waP jWHA5Ew8RlQPWgjqqt120F/2CCSgu+4cq9jPHUZAZWUVSYrxnwGinXyScvXjtpoSr4EL jFmzMn/UlBkPMgrFlaWIjUbRl11zXOphuihYCiSnMZZgNrdBvj683qcCgftPa4ahMgel tQKEtqquj4Bt79JV9W3BSPq6O+vfs8x7SozJEC4oOARfoksbvMaL4FpiI7bVRyEOMwpq TYWXZHGaKHdoQPi5/NzDsE5Et340wLsOGMeeLjDkxAND3F6hMzoXlbE/RjnKl22rGKzn bnUg== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKXlXx8xjKMBHO2xjyfOJ0HPTY6JD5VHZCMGfooPhgDYnc13S+KY qfDPKvP5P/kbV7/UT8yH50IjYHB9DmtkJedFrEga X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set+m7n5hGjWYqlU15mUzTDRzfOUVd08R9iDGpN0+jF7fNBEmWOye1hXbOz0mepMwCJIn/iKmoQ== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:1e20:b0:3eb:376e:2bb7 with SMTP id ay32-20020a05600c1e2000b003eb376e2bb7mr17386462wmb.3.1678885898626; Wed, 15 Mar 2023 06:11:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from takamaka.gnat.com ([2a01:cb22:1d5:1100:d817:c086:5c20:21c3]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id p7-20020a1c7407000000b003e91b9a92c9sm1777425wmc.24.2023.03.15.06.11.38 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 15 Mar 2023 06:11:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by takamaka.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 02CAE8181A; Wed, 15 Mar 2023 17:11:35 +0400 (+04) Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 17:11:35 +0400 From: Joel Brobecker To: Luis Machado via Gdb Cc: Andrew Burgess , Joel Brobecker Subject: Re: Backporting minor fix to older gdb releases Message-ID: References: <87bkkufdw0.fsf@redhat.com> <8d4ac3fc-c508-2a92-5af2-efaa18da7a20@arm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8d4ac3fc-c508-2a92-5af2-efaa18da7a20@arm.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: FWIW, there is no real policy that I know of. We have been known to accept patches on release branches past the .2 release. It's been very rare, though. In all cases, the push was done with the understanding that there would likely not be another official release off that branch, so that was purely for the benefit of people who wanted to build from the HEAD of a release branch rather than from an official release. Whether we should be doing it in this case, I don't have a strong opinion. I think Andrew is making good points, and I'm wondering whether it will actually serve anyone if we backport the patches. On the other hand, are the patches extra safe? If they are, perhaps in the spirit of not standing in the way of someone willing to make it better for others... -- Joel