[commit/www] announcing the gdb-7.3 release...

[Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>]

Hello,

FYI: I just checked in the attached patch to announce the gdb-7.3
release...

-- 
Joel

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@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ Pascal (and many other languages).  Thos
 on the same machine as GDB (native) or on another machine (remote).  GDB
 can run on most popular UNIX and Microsoft Windows variants.<p>
 
-<h3>GDB version 7.2</h3>
+<h3>GDB version 7.3</h3>
 
-Version <a href="../gdb/download/ANNOUNCEMENT">7.2</a> of GDB, the GNU
+Version <a href="../gdb/download/ANNOUNCEMENT">7.3</a> of GDB, the GNU
 Debugger, is now available for <a
 href="../gdb/download/">download</a>.  See the <a
 href="../gdb/download/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a> for details
@@ -102,6 +102,26 @@ better.
 
 -->
 
+<dt>July 26, 2011: <b>GDB 7.3 Released!</b></dt>
+<dd>
+<p> The latest version of GDB, version 7.3, is available for <a
+href="../gdb/download/">download</a>.
+<p>
+Changes in this release include:
+<ul>
+<li> Initial OpenCL C support
+<li> C++ support enhancements
+<li> Improved Python support
+<li> ia64 HP-UX (native) and Blackfin (target) support
+<li> GDBserver support for PowerPC LynxOS, i686 LynxOS, and Blackfin Linux
+<li> Support for reading and writing a new .gdb_index section, containing
+     a fast index of DWARF debugging info
+</ul>
+See the NEWS file for a more complete and detailed list of what this
+release includes.
+<p>
+</dd>
+
 <dt>April 03, 2011: <b>GDB 7.3 branch created</b></dt>
 <dd>
 <p> The GDB 7.3 branch (<tt>gdb_7_3-branch</tt>) has been created.
@@ -188,7 +208,7 @@ Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.</p>
 <p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
 permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.</p>
 
-<p>Last modified 2011-04-03.</p>
+<p>Last modified 2011-07-26.</p>
 </address>
 
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--- download/ANNOUNCEMENT	3 Sep 2010 01:04:29 -0000	1.24
+++ download/ANNOUNCEMENT	26 Jul 2011 18:17:31 -0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
-            GDB 7.2 released!
+            GDB 7.3 released!
 
-Release 7.2 of GDB, the GNU Debugger, is now available via anonymous
+Release 7.3 of GDB, the GNU Debugger, is now available via anonymous
 FTP.  GDB is a source-level debugger for Ada, C, C++, Objective-C,
 Pascal and many other languages.  GDB can target (i.e., debug programs
 running on) more than a dozen different processor architectures, and GDB
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ You can download GDB from the GNU FTP se
 The vital stats:
 
   Size  md5sum                            Name
-  18MB  64260e6c56979ee750a01055f16091a5  gdb-7.2.tar.bz2
-  24MB  950b766466bee748e554765c86b8b495  gdb-7.2.tar.gz
+  18MB  485022b8df7ba2221f217e128f479fe7  gdb-7.3.tar.bz2
+  24MB  1d6b4e469270433583ef62a906c02fa8  gdb-7.3.tar.gz
 
 There is a web page for GDB at: 
 
@@ -30,54 +30,49 @@ the net.  We will put errata notes and h
 on-line as any problems come up.  All mailing lists archives are also
 browsable via the web.
 
-GDB 7.2 brings new targets, features and improvements, including:
+GDB 7.3 brings new targets, features and improvements, including:
 
-  * D language support has been added
+  * Initial OpenCL C language support has been added
     
   * C++ enhancements:
-      * Argument Dependent Lookup (ADL)
-      * Improved User Defined Operator Support
-      * static const class members
-
-  * Improved Python support, including:
-      * Access to breakpoints, symbols, symbol tables, program spaces,
-        inferiors, threads and frame's code blocks
-      * Ability to create GDB Parameters that can then be manipulated
-        via set/show in the CLI
-    
-  * Tracepoint enhancements:
-      * Better reconstruction of tracepoints after disconnected tracing
-      * Static tracepoints support (calls to the user program into a tracing
-        library)
-    
+     * Template parameters are now in scope when debugging in an
+       instantiation
+     * The motion commands "next", "finish", "until", and "advance" now
+       work better when exceptions are thrown
+
+  * Improved Python support, enhancing the existing APIs as well as
+    introducing new ones.
+
+  * Improved thread debugging support:
+     * GDB now understands thread names
+     * A new command "thread find [REGEXP]" has been added
+
   * GDBserver enhancements:
-      * Tracepoint support (including fast tracepoints and static tracepoints)
-      * Support for x86_64 Windows 64-bit debugging
+     * Support for PowerPC LynxOS (versions 4.x and 5.x) and i686 LynxOS
+       (version 5.x)
+     * Support for Blackfin Linux
 
-  * Support for ARM Symbian has been added (arm*-*-symbianelf*)
+  * Support for reading and writing a new .gdb_index section,
+    containing a fast index of DWARF debugging info
 
-  * On powerpc-linux, support for the Data Value Compare register
-    has been added, allowing simple watchpoint conditions to be
-    implemented in hardware.
+  * Various GDB/MI improvements
 
-Other worthy improvments (in random order):
+  * Support for ia64 HP-UX (ia64-*-hpux*) has been added
 
-  * Observer mode
-  * The remote protocol has been extended to include new packets
-  * Shared library support enabled by default for remote targets
-  * Windows Thread Information Block access
-  * Improved support for remote debugging of Windows and SymbianOS
-    shared libraries
-  * A new convience variable $_thread holding the current thread number
-  * The --batch flag now disables pagination and queries
-  * The x86 byte, word, and double-word general purpose registers
-    (Eg. byte register AH) are now directly accessible
-  * The `commands' command now accepts a range of breakpoints to modify
-  * The `rbreak' command now accepts a filename specfication as part of
-    its argument
-  * The `disassemble' now supports the "start,+length" format
-  * New command `save breakpoints' to save all breakpoints to a file
-  * Tracepoint actions unified with breakpoint commands
+  * Target support for Analog Devices, Inc. Blackfin Processors (bfin-*)
+
+  * GNU simulator improvements:
+     * New --map-info flag
+     * CFI flash simulation support
+
+Other worthy improvments (in random order):
+  * The "catch syscall" command is now available on mips-linux.
+  * New GDB Commands: "set directories"
+  * Support for using labels in linespecs (Eg you can use "advance label")
+  * The "watch" command now accepts an optional "-location" argument
+  * Thread debugging of core dumps now supported on GNU/Linux
+  * Ranged breakpoints support (PowerPC BookE running Linux 2.6.34 or later)
+  * Support for Ada task switching inside programs using the Ravenscar profile
 
 For a complete list and more details on each item, please see the
 gdb/NEWS file.
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@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Fish]" /></a>
 
 <!-- body, update above using ../../gdb/index.sh -->
 
-<h3>The most recent release (<a href="ANNOUNCEMENT">GDB 7.2</a>):</h3>
+<h3>The most recent release (<a href="ANNOUNCEMENT">GDB 7.3</a>):</h3>
 
 You can download the most recent official release of GDB from either
 Project GNU's FTP server, or Red Hat's sources site:
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.</p>
 <p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
 permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.</p>
 
-<p>Last modified 2010-09-02.</p>
+<p>Last modified 2011-07-26.</p>
 </address>
 
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@@ -62,6 +62,26 @@ better.
 
 -->
 
+<dt>July 26, 2011: <b>GDB 7.3 Released!</b></dt>
+<dd>
+<p> The latest version of GDB, version 7.3, is available for <a
+href="../../gdb/download/">download</a>.
+<p>
+Changes in this release include:
+<ul>
+<li> Initial OpenCL C support
+<li> C++ support enhancements
+<li> Improved Python support
+<li> ia64 HP-UX (native) and Blackfin (target) support
+<li> GDBserver support for PowerPC LynxOS, i686 LynxOS, and Blackfin Linux
+<li> Support for reading and writing a new .gdb_index section, containing
+     a fast index of DWARF debugging info
+</ul>
+See the NEWS file for a more complete and detailed list of what this
+release includes.
+<p>
+</dd>
+
 <dt>April 03, 2011: <b>GDB 7.3 branch created</b></dt>
 <dd>
 <p> The GDB 7.3 branch (<tt>gdb_7_3-branch</tt>) has been created.
@@ -895,7 +915,7 @@ Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.</p>
 <p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
 permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.</p>
 
-<p>Last modified 2011-04-03.</p>
+<p>Last modified 2011-07-26.</p>
 </address>
 
 </body>