Setting a date for the 2.31 branch

[H.J. Lu]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 6:56 AM, Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
>   The last binutils release was in January, so if we want to keep a 6
>   month cadence then then next release should be in July.  With my
>   Fedora hat on though, it would be very convenient if the next release
>   happened before July 11, as that is when the next mass rebuild will
>   happen.  Thus I am considering creating the branch a little bit early,
>   say June 23 (a Saturday) in order to give enough time for testing and
>   bug fixing.
>
>   How would this fit in with your plans ?  A branch on the 23rd would
>   give us another week to add in any new features that we want in the
>   2.31 release.  This is not a lot of time, I know, but I do not think
>   that there are big changes currently in the pipeline.  Are there ?
>

Gold still doesn't support CET:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22914
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22915


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H.J.