Re: GDB 8.2 branch WEDNESDAY? (2018-07-02 update)

[Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>]

On 07/03/2018 05:03 AM, Philippe Waroquiers wrote:
> On Mon, 2018-07-02 at 15:12 -0700, Joel Brobecker wrote:
>>>>   * (PhilippeW) Implement 'frame apply COMMAND', enhance 'thread apply COMMAND'
>>>>     v3 sent on June 24th:
>>>>     https://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2018-06/msg00559.html
>>>>
>>>>     At this point, it looks to me like there are still some questions
>>>>     related to the new command-line interface itself, so it seems
>>>>     better to give our the time to think this through. Let's keep
>>>>     the pressure on, to get this patch series over the hump, but
>>>>     let's also give ourselves the opportunity to observe the patch
>>>>     in the master branch for a while before it makes it to a release.
>>>
>>> To my knowledge, v3 implements all what was discussed with Pedro.
>>> However, we still have a question related to the 'compatibility'
>>> between this patch and the patch
>>>   https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2018-06/msg00170.html
>>> regarding using 'id' or 'level' to identify a frame.
>>>
>>> So, effectively, we better agree on that aspect before pushing
>>> (in the master branch then) ...
>>
>> That is indeed my main concern, and considering the proposed branching
>> date, I am thinking it might be tight to get an agreement. And if we
>> do get an agreement in time, would it make sense to wait after the
>> branch or not? I haven't followed the thread very closely, so I'll
>> defer to your judgement as well as the Pedro's.
> 
> IMO, it would make sense to wait after the branch, so as to have
> time to see the 2 patches together in the master branch, and adjust
> if needed  

I agree, even though I feel a little guilty that the patches are taking
so long to be reviewed.  Sorry about that.

I would prefer to mature the patches on master personally, to avoid issues
with getting stuck with some user interface issue we may run into once
we get more exposure.

> But I will not too strongly object if Pedro is really keen on pushing
> it in earlier :).

I'm not.  :-)

I'm downloading the v3 series to start playing with it.  I'll try to
reply back soon.

Thanks,
Pedro Alves