GDB `cannotfix' pr state, require PR with xfail `moving forward'.

Andrew Cagney ac131313@redhat.com
Thu Jan 16 19:35:00 GMT 2003


Hello,

There is currently a long thread (Remove all setup_xfail...)'s on 
gdb-patches@.  Several proposals, I think, can already be identified at 
this point in the discussion.

- yank the existing xfail PR markings (but not the actual xfails) (they 
apply to old internal Red Hat and HP bug databases and hence are 
meaningless).

- `moving forward' all new xfails, and all modifications to existing 
xfail's should include a bug report  (this way, new analyzed vs old 
unanalized xfail's can easily be differentiated).

- GDB have a new closed state `cannotfix'; or a new class `xfail' or 
`notabug' or ...; or even reuse the class `mistaken' that can be used to 
categorize xfail bug reports (not sure which is better here).

thoughts,
Andrew

PS: The state `willnotfix' was suggested.  I think that is wrong.  GDB 
shouldn't refuse to fix a real problem (just drop the priority to low), 
and here the problem is one of cannot fix.



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