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

[Tom Tromey]

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

Tom> I'm ok with the simple rm + add approach.

Joel> I agree. Let's apply the patch ASAP. Do you happen to have a
Joel> rebased version of the patch somewhere in archer, by any chance?

No, I'm afraid not.

Tom> There are a number of other unreviewed patches.  I can try to make a
Tom> list if that would be helpful.

Joel> I think it would. We need to draw our attention to everything that
Joel> needs to be done before branching.

My list is probably incomplete, since I have not been systematic about
tracking patches.  That said, patch submitters do bear some burden to
ping their patches and to otherwise irritate a maintainer into
responding ;)

* The catch syscall patches.  I didn't dig up the URLs for these.

* Caz Yokoyama's kgdb patch.  I don't think the most recent one was ever
  reviewed.
  http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gdb.patches/50989

* Watchpoint on an unloaded shared library
  http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gdb.patches/46187
  http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gdb.patches/46290

* gdb.objc/objcdecode.exp test error
  http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gdb.patches/47073

* Xtensa backtrace
  http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gdb.patches/48614

* Fix breakpoints when several source files have the same name
  http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gdb.patches/49047

* Jonas Maebe's calling convention patch, pinged twice.
  http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gdb.patches/49467

* Nathan Froyd's internal error patch, pinged once.
  http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gdb.patches/50458

* Paul Pluzhnikov's pending patches.
  He pinged these recently:
  http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2009-08/msg00372.html
  http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2009-08/msg00437.html

* Jan Kratochvil's watchpoint series.
  First one: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gdb.patches/51128

* Sami Wagiaalla's namespace patches.
  http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gdb.patches/51166
  http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gdb.patches/51167

* Use external editor in 'commands' command
  http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gdb.patches/51394

* Keith's recent dwarf2/c++ patches.

There are a couple other biggish pending things I remember: Vala and D
support, but those are stalled for some reason on the submitter side
(lack of activity or waiting for paperwork).

I've meant to review some of these, but of course it is tough to get to
them all.  And, there are several in here that I won't review as I don't
have the necessary expertise.  I'm not sure whether any of these require
paperwork, either.

Joel> I understand that someone might be disappointed that his patch
Joel> does not make the next release, but should we really delay this
Joel> further for things like minor enhancements for instance?

I just wanted to encourage maintainers to make an extra effort.
I agree we shouldn't delay the release for anything minor.

Joel> I propose the following approach: Let's commit to reviewing promptly
Joel> all patches that are posted before branch time. Patches that are safe
Joel> for the branch will be added and part of the 7.0.1 release.  Others
Joel> should not be checked in at such a late stage anyway (IMO).  What do
Joel> you think?

Yes, sounds good to me.

Tom