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HEADS UP: GDB 8.2 release on Sep 3rd or 4th (was: "Re: GDB 8.2 release 2018-08-26 status update")
> > As far as I can tell, there is only PR still left pending:
> >
> > * [KeithS] PR symtab/23010
> > Regression: Assertion: SYMBOL_LANGUAGE (sym) == DICT_LANGUAGE (dict)->la_language
> > https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23010
> >
> > This regression was seemingly fixed, and then makes a come back.
> > I'm still not sure whether it's the same issue, or rather
> > a different one that lead to the same symptom, though.
> >
> > At this point, I think we should only wait so long for a fix to this
> > one, and consider the idea of releasing what we have at the moment,
> > without PR symtab/23010 completely fixed if necessary. The release
> > is getting very late, and this problem was both present in 8.0 and
> > I believe mitigated in the 8.2 branch. So we can afford to defer
> > the rest of the fix in 8.3.
>
> Yes (re: mitigation).
[...]
> I would urge maintainers to consider a point release containing any fix
> should the problem prove so prevalent/widespread over holding up the
> current release.
Thanks Keith. Unless there are objections, I therefore plan on switching
the target milestone for this PR to 8.3, and then release either Monday
or Tuesday (Sep 3-4) -- just in time for the GNU Cauldron :).
Please yell if you know of blocking issues we missed.
Thank you,
--
Joel