GDB 7.8 update (getting closer, new pre-release)

[Doug Evans]

On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> First, a big Thank You to everyone who worked on cleaning out
> all the regressions and blocking issues so far. While the release
> process for this branch started as the quietest ever for me,
> the number of identified blocking issues eventually rose to about
> 3 times the number of issues identified in the previous release
> process. We're down to 3 entries in the TODO list before 7.8 release,
> so Thank You to everyone involved in the fixes getting us there.
>
> The 3 entries are:
>
>     [Doug/Pedro] Asynchronous + all-stop problematic on gdbserver
>     (being debated as not critical for 7.8, and I think I saw a patch
>     from Doug to help the user in case of problem)
>
>     [Doug] /usr/share/gdb/{guile,python}/ gets installed even --without-{guile,python}
>     NTH - not serious, nice to have only
>
>     [Doug] Precompile scheme files
>     NTH - not critical, but just a bit more important than "nice to have"
>
> Issue #1 looks like it's on its way to being mitigated, and in
> the meantime isn't critical.

Right, though I'd really like the mitigation to go in 7.8.
It's all set to go, just need to check in.

> Issue #2 is "nice to have", and
> issue #3 is "important".
>
> Doug - any thoughts on when we might a fix, at least for issue #3?

Working on it now. We have a patch, just need to finish it up.

> I propose that we take issue #2 out of the mix. We've been doing
> this for Python files too, so it could be argued as not being
> a regression.

Agreed.

> I propose I make a second pre-release tomorrow morning, or even
> tonight. That should give people some time to re-test. I'm away
> next week, but hopefully by the time I come back, we'll be ready
> to make that release.
>
> Thoughts?

ok by me.