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Re: Release 2.24
- From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 07:37:11 +0400
- Subject: Re: Release 2.24
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[I removed binutils]
> I have committed the change now, thanks for your help with getting it
> done. You have previously requested a small description of the change for
> the purpose of making a release announcement -- please let me know if the
> commit message is enough for your needs or whether you'd prefer something
> more elaborate.
For one item, I could do it myself. But generally speaking, it helps me
if the committer also adds an entry in the GDB release wiki page:
https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/GDB_7.6_Release
You'll need a PR first, and then a reference to that PR in the wiki
page. I know it's a bit of a pain, but it saves me a ton of time
during the minor releases, because I can just copy/paste the page
and put it in the announcement. Before we started doing that, I was
going through the entire list of commits, trying to write a small
description of the effect of each commit. Some times, I wasn't quite
sure whether my description was completely accurate... With this system,
it's fast for me, and accurate for the users.
The good news is, once we have the entry, I think I can produce
the release Mon or Tue.
Thank you,
--
Joel