Re: NEED FEEDBACK: time to start the GDB 8.2 release process (2018-05-30 update)

[Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj at redhat dot com>]

On Wednesday, May 30 2018, Joel Brobecker wrote:

> Hey everyone,

Hey Joel,

As usual, thanks for taking care of the release!

> Although 8.1.1 is not entirely out yet, I think we should start working
> on GDB 8.2 now, rather than wait more. Looking at the NEWS files,
> we have a reasonable list of new features to warrant a new release.
>
> The initial plan, published at https://www.sourceware.org/gdb/schedule/,
> called for a branch on Jun 15th, so 2 weeks from now. In internet time,
> this is quite a short time-frame, but perhaps we'll be able to make it?
>
> Does anyone have projects that are nearly finished and would be
> important to include in 8.2 rather than wait for 8.3? If yes,
> what kind of time frame can we expect for getting those in.
> Should we wait for the patch to be in master before we cut the branch,
> or can the changes be backported afterwards?

I'd like to see the IPv6 support included in 8.2, if possible.

  https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2018-05/msg00629.html

Eli has made a few comments about the documentation part, and I
addressed everything.  I'm still waiting for a code review; I intend to
ping the patch today.

Thanks,

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