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Re: [patch/rfc] Add meaningful section titles to PROBLEMS
On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:33:36 -0500, Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org> said:
>> That aside, I don't like the current design.
> [which "current"? :-)]
Sorry, I meant "your proposed".
> As for some of the others, I think they would be better served as
> notes in the documentation (i.e., gdb.texinfo).
That's a good point - if we want to make users aware of certain
well-known bugs, then gdb.texinfo is a much more visible place than
PROBLEMS. (Nobody will see PROBLEMS other than possibly the specific
individual, if any, who is installing that version of GDB by hand.)
GCC has a section of known bugs in its manual; we should follow suit.
>> Personally, the old division makes more sense to me: a list of all
>> regressions, plus some more serious outstanding issues. Obviously the
>> header "Regressions since 5.3" should be changed, however.
> How about: serious problems that have been fixed in the mainline but
> are too nasty to backport?
The "breakpoints in constructors" bug isn't fixed in mainline,
either.
David Carlton
carlton@kealia.com