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Re: Setting a date for the 2.31 branch
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 08:25:23 -0700
- Subject: Re: Setting a date for the 2.31 branch
- References: <87o9gd79q2.fsf@redhat.com>
On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 6:56 AM, Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> The last binutils release was in January, so if we want to keep a 6
> month cadence then then next release should be in July. With my
> Fedora hat on though, it would be very convenient if the next release
> happened before July 11, as that is when the next mass rebuild will
> happen. Thus I am considering creating the branch a little bit early,
> say June 23 (a Saturday) in order to give enough time for testing and
> bug fixing.
>
> How would this fit in with your plans ? A branch on the 23rd would
> give us another week to add in any new features that we want in the
> 2.31 release. This is not a lot of time, I know, but I do not think
> that there are big changes currently in the pipeline. Are there ?
>
Gold still doesn't support CET:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22914
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22915
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H.J.