Re: GDB 7.6.1 release Thu Aug 29?

[Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>]

Small update on the release:

> >   [pedro/tom] Fix CTRL-C 7.6 regression
> >     - Fixed but not pushed to 7.6:
> >       http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15603
> 
> A fairly big patch, touching sensitive areas (Eg: handle_inferior_event).
> Fortunately, it's been in HEAD for 2 months now, so we have a bit of
> testing behind our belt. I'd like both Pedro and Tom's approval
> for pushing the the 7.6 branch.

This was on OK'ed by Pedro on this mailing-list, and by Tom on IRC.
I will see if I can backport it tomorrow.

There were still some issues with nightly snapshots for the branch
(HEAD was fine), and hopefully I fixed the one I could see.

My plan is to produce the release tomorrow, provided that the backport
does not create any issues, and that the issues regarding snapshots
(influences ARI and documentation generation for the web), are both
resolved.

For the record:

> >   [dje] Fix gdbserver socket leak 7.5 regression
> >     - Simple but not yet done by anyone, a bit annoying in practice:
> >       http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15604
> 
> Not critical, IMO, and not a regression in the strict sense. I think
> it can wait for 7.7.
> 
> > I have no idea about these items:
> > 
> >   [dje] The mi fullname change is causing issues for Eclipse users
> >   that may not have been anticipated.
> 
> In the PR, Doug says he does not know how to handle this, since
> he got the OK from MarcK re: Eclipse. And we don't know for sure
> what's causing the issues in Eclipse either. I suggest we keep it
> out of 7.6.1. We can produce a 7.6.2 with a fix afterwards if
> we understand the problem better and deem it to be critical in
> nature.
> 
> >   [keiths/dje] Revert
> >   http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2013-03/msg00251.html for
> >   msymbol_hash_iw [or use strspn?]. Doug to test on his
> >   mega-application. 
> 
> This was on the 7.6 TODO, IIRC, and we decided to ignore it for
> the first release.  The URL points to:
> 
>     [RFA] cleanup: while (isspace) -> skip_spaces{,_const}
> 
> Not sure what the problem is. I suggest the same as above:
> Ignore for 7.6.1 unless we have more data, and possibly keep
> the option of a 7.6.2 if we have a critical problem to fix.

There was no feedback on ignoring these ones for 7.6.1, so I presume
it'll be OK.

> >   [jan] Fix argv[0] symlink regression 
> >     - Not investigated yet, to be done these days:
> >       http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15415
> 
> An annoying regression indeed. Let's try to get a fix within
> the next week or so - do you think that would be possible?

Now fixed by Jan.

-- 
Joel