GDB 9.1 release -- 2019-11-01 Update

[Joel Brobecker]

> > > >   - [Christian B] The threaded symbol loading that tromey Christian have been working on
> > > >     Missing an URL to the patch, so can't check progress
> > >
> > > Sorry about that, this is the patchset ending in:
> > > https://gnutoolchain-gerrit.osci.io/r/c/binutils-gdb/+/176
> > >
> > > (Ideally my two followup patches as well; not necessarily the RFC one
> > > at the top)
> >
> > Thanks for the link, Christian. I looked at it, and as I mentioned
> > in today's update
> > (https://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2019-11/msg00293.html)
> > I am proposing we do _not_ include this in 9.1 -- seems a bit risky
> > to be making a change of this kind just prior to release...
> 
> I was hoping that it would land sooner :(
> 
> However, I would like to make a proposal? What if we push it with a
> setting to turn it off by default, so that people who want can turn it
> on sooner? It is a massive performance benefit for big programs.

That would indeed be a very good compromise!

-- 
Joel