Binutils release 2.28 - soon

[Tristan Gingold]

> On 02 Feb 2017, at 00:33, Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 23 Dec 2016, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> 
>> FYI, I'll be automatically pushing all changes I've intended to make as 
>> a part of the current MIPS development effort to this branch then, until 
>> a further notice.
>> 
>> I'll be away from tomorrow until Jan 8th, and I will have further stuff 
>> to push when I am back, as I won't be able to complete the documentation 
>> and test suite updates tonight for the upcoming MIPS feature I intend to 
>> publish.
> 
> I have decided to withdraw from pushing the feature originally intended 
> for 2.28 and keep it to the master branch only.
> 
> Firstly, the delay incurred by all the work related to recent bug fixes, 
> and PR ld/20828 in particular, means that any further work on the 2.28 
> branch would potentially continue blocking the release without a good 
> justification.  Secondly, the extra time bought will let me update the 
> feature with some enhancements recently envisaged, making it more complete 
> right from the beginning.  It does not mean I expect any significant delay 
> with that code though -- it's just that it'll happen on the master branch 
> only.
> 
> I think there may yet be some further fallout from PR ld/20828 affecting 
> 2.28, but otherwise, with the final tweaks to the test suite just applied, 
> I consider myself done with MIPS target changes intended for 2.28.
> 
> There are still:
> 
> FAIL: objcopy -shared -z relro (tbss1)
> FAIL: objcopy -shared -z relro (tbss2)
> FAIL: objcopy -shared -z relro (tbss3)
> 
> uninvestigated MIPS regressions remaining, which I regret, however they 
> are long-standing and not necessarily an actual linker issue.  I will 
> strive to resolve them on master soon.
> 
> However if anyone has anything they consider important to resolve for 
> 2.28 and the MIPS target, then please do let me know and I'll see what I 
> can do.
> 
> And last but not least thanks for your patience, Tristan, and your effort 
> with release management!

Thank you for the status update.  That's useful for the release process.

So I plan to to the 2.28 release mid February, unless there is still an urgent patch pending.

Regards,
Tristan.