[gdb-7.0 release] 2009-09-02 status and proposed plan

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Joel" == Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> writes:

Eli> I hope the catch syscalls is one of them.  I never understood why it
Eli> wasn't committed.  (Apologies if it was and I just missed that.)

Joel> I also hope that this patch makes it to the release, but I do not see
Joel> this new feature as release critical. So, unless other GMs would prefer
Joel> to have it for 7.0, I personally think that we should not delay the
Joel> release just for this feature.

I am unhappy with the facts of the situation: we've had a nice new
feature, rewritten several times, pending since April.  I know both from
personal experience, and from talking to contributors, that this sort of
thing is very demoralizing, and consequently hurts GDB.

That said, I do agree with your reasoning and conclusion.

Tom