GDB 11.1 release prep update (2021-08-01)

[Joel Brobecker]

Hello everyone,

Here is another status update. I think we're making progress.
I'm still concerned about some of the issues listed below,
and we may have to make some tough choices if we want the release
to happen sometime soon.

Let's give it another couple of weeks, and see where we're at...
Now that we're in Aug, perhaps it won't be as impactful to
publish during this slow month, so we could decide to wait
for September. But if we do, we shouldn't wait too long after that.

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Fixed Since the Previous Update:
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 * [Tankut] <PR mi/28076> (reported by Jonah G)
   [regression] Cannot remove condition from breakpoint from M
   https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28076

   Patch at: https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-July/180818.html
   Code approved, just waiting for doc approval.


Added Since the Last Update:
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  * [TomT] <PR varobj/28131>
    Segfault in gdbpy_enter_varobj::gdbpy_enter_varobj when debugging in VS Code
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28131

      Patch submitted on 2021-07-30:
      https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-July/181277.html

Other Ongoing Items:
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  * [LuisM] <PR corefiles/27909>
    AArch64 MTE fixes and corefile support
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27909

      Status 2021-08-01:
        - 3 patches already approved
        - Last patch approved, waiting to decide whether to include now
          or whether to wait for review on LK side.

          https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-July/180537.html
          https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-August/181282.html

  * [HannesD] some Python-suport changes for the TUI interface

       I'm getting concerned about this one, as there is currently
       little activity on them.

    [PATCHv2 1/2] Implement locals TUI window
    https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-June/179539.html
    (I think this patch should provide more information in the commit
    message about what its goal is)

    [PATCHv2 2/2] Use method children instead of to_string in pretty printers
    https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-June/179540.html
    (same suggestion)
    2021-07-17: JoelB did a review, and had one comment.

  * [TomDV/Simon] <PR gdb/28004>
    DW_AT_ranges with form DW_FORM_sec_offset problem
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28004

    Not a blocker for branching, but should be fixed before the release.
    Patch submitted and approved at:
    https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-July/181257.html


Not Critical, but Requested:
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  * [SimonM as awesome supporter and reviewer] <PR gdb/24069>
    gdb on OSX Mojave hangs in darwin_decode_message
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24069

        I know that the state of GDB on MacOS is very poor at the moment,
        and so having this PR fixed for 11.1 would be very nice. I don't
        think this PR should block the release, though. This is not new,
        and I'm not sure whether we can expect for us to converge without
        too much delay. There are good signs, though, with regular
        activity on the PR, lately. So let's see how it goes...

  * [BerndE] Improve debugging of optimized code
    https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-January/175617.html

    (2021-05-31) v2 posted at:
      [0/4] https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-May/179367.html
      [1/4] https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-May/179368.html
      [2/4] https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-May/179370.html
      [3/4] https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-May/179369.html


    Patch submitted at:
    https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2020-September/172083.html

    (May 24th) High-level pre-review done at:
    https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-May/179191.html

    No movement since then. Not blocking for branching since it would
    be safe to backport after branching. Not blocking for release either.

  * [Simon] <PR gdb/26868>
    Follow-up on x86-64 stub submission
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26868

    This is the submission in question:
    https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2020-November/173182.html

    For me, although I am not a lawyer, I don't think we can accept
    the contribution without the author signing a copyright assignment
    form.

  * [PhilippeW] Fix/complete option list/description in manual and in gdb --help

    RFA v2 (2021-06-20):
        [RFAV2] Fix/complete option list/description in manual and in gdb --help.
        https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-June/180186.html


-- 
Joel