From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: nickrob@snap.net.nz (Nick Roberts) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New sync'd branch Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:02:55 +1200 Message-ID: <19092.20863.341459.92768@totara.tehura.co.nz> References: <19091.4935.369973.835792@totara.tehura.co.nz> <87ws4s3s4n.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1251235743 17568 80.91.229.12 (25 Aug 2009 21:29:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:29:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 25 23:28:56 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Mg3ZX-0005bW-98 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:28:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42982 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mg3ZW-0008GR-Ma for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:28:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mg3ZK-000880-Cu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:28:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mg3ZF-00085H-GZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:28:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58591 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mg3ZF-000857-AO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:28:37 -0400 Original-Received: from viper.snap.net.nz ([202.37.101.25]:44326) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mg3ZE-000433-Ly for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:28:37 -0400 Original-Received: from totara (17.30.255.123.dynamic.snap.net.nz [123.255.30.17]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 675C93DA721; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:02:56 +1200 (NZST) Original-Received: by totara (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6A13CC164; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:02:55 +1200 (NZST) In-Reply-To: <87ws4s3s4n.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.2.1 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:114596 Archived-At: > > I'm not sure how stable gdb mode will be by that time. It may require > > some changes to gdb itself. I had anticipated at least a two year > > development period (21.1 -> 22.1 six years, 22.1 -> 23.1 two years). > > Then we've miscommunicated. Stefan and I have been pretty clear that we > intended to use the trunk for 23.2. I haven't followed all of the threads but I think, at times, there have been other proposals. > > I would also like to see a release from EMACS_23_1_RC where I have included > > some improvements to gdb-ui.el. I realise that this might not happen. In > > any case, I have removed this file from trunk, so I don't want to see these > > changes merged back to trunk (if that were possible). > > In that case, we'll plug gdb-ui back in for the 23.2 release (e.g., if > we decide to make a new Emacs 23 branch, we'll revert to gdb-ui on that > branch). That's not ideal, as the mode that gets released isn't the one that gets tested. In the overall picture of Emacs' release, though, it's probably a small matter, and we can probably handle any contingency when, and if, it arises. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob