create GDB 16.2 target milestone on bugzilla

Joel Brobecker brobecker@adacore.com
Mon Jan 27 03:25:11 GMT 2025


> I created a new 16.2 milestone now. I haven't yet created a 17.1
> version. Since gdb 17.1 hasn't been released, so I think it makes
> sense people cannot (yet) report bugs against that version.

Ah, yes, of course.

> As a release manager it seems appropriate for you to have
> "editcomponents" privileges in bugzilla. So you now have them for your
> @gnat.com account, which you seem to be actively using (we can merge
> your other accounts if you like, there are 4, @gnat.com, @adacore.com,
> @sourceware.org and @sources.redhat.com). You should now be able to
> tweak versions and milestones through "Administration", "Products",
> "gdb": https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/editversions.cgi?product=gdb
> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/editmilestones.cgi?product=gdb

Thank you.

> It would be good to have a README or Wiki page "So you are a GDB
> release manager now". That would describe the release manager
> tasks/steps.

We have that in the Internals section of the wiki. It's a bit out
of date, since it describes a manual process, whereas I have now
scripted most of the work.

> The reason I am CCing Nick is because he started to replace himself
> with a "script" for binutils (including updating bugzilla versions):
> https://sourceware.org/cgit/binutils-gdb/tree/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
> Maybe he has some hints and tips.

Ah, yes, if we can automate the creation of the versions and
target milestones, that'd be very convenient!

-- 
Joel


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