GDB version numbering

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 12:25:34PM -0700, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> > The reason to bump the major version doesn't need to be technical and 
> > previously hasn't.  For instance, 5.x signified the freeing of GDB's CVS 
> > repo.  Here, similarly, we've got the GPLv3 change that while 
> > non-technical is a very major change for GDB;  something worth 
> > considering as a trigger for a major version number bump:
> > 
> >    GDB 7 is GPLv3+
> >    GDB 6 is GPLv2+
> 
> Indeed. What do others think?

I think that moving the source code repository into the open marked a
fundamental change in the timeline of GDB, and changing to the GPLv3
will make at best a small bump.  GPLv3 is a big deal spread out over
the whole GNU project, but not a big deal for GDB in particular.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery