2.12.x branch future?

Andrew Cagney ac131313@cygnus.com
Sat Mar 16 20:26:00 GMT 2002


> In a project like GCC, where two months are necessary to restabilize,
> the merit is obvious.  In a project like the binutils, where we are
> almost always stable except for a week or two after a large patch, it's
> not so clear.

I think binutils is closer to GCC then GDB.  If gdb dumps core, then 
oops, back to kprintf().  If AS/LD dump core or scrambles an executable 
then the user is stuck.  Fetching LD from the head of the trunk is a 
risky way of getting a fix for a single problem.

> Also, just as a technical matter, I would prefer that ChangeLog entries
> be dated with the commit-to-branch date and in that order, rather than
> trying to match the trunk ChangeLog.  Rationale: It serves as a better
> log of changes that way, even if sorting out differences between trunk
> and branch becomes a little harder.

Can I suggest giving people at least a bit of slack (gdb is a couple 
days).  Until we all switch to UTC ChangeLogs, things will never be in 
order.

enjoy,
Andrew



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