Re: Agenda 2006-10-10

[Stan Cox <scox at redhat dot com>]

Testing: 
-build tree needs to be invisible when install tree testing is done
-cmoller three frysk-core test failures for FC6

-action: FC6 (possibly kernel?) failures (cmoller)
-action: install tree problems, issue #210203 (cmoller, cagney)
-action: run headless  (ldimaggi, cagney)
-action: code coverage [stan, cagney]


Source View:
-There is now a stack view for multi threading
-There is now variable tracing for multi threading
-What about memory and assembler for multi threading?
-What about thread local storage for multi threading? 
-What about continue?
-Blocking observer will be beneficial
-Want to be able to start/stop threads independently

-action: thread independence investigation (mcvet)
-action: look at demangling (stan)


Command Line Utilities:
-fstack and ftrace are done (npremji)
-Is elfutils helpful for fcore considering current tools use bfd?
-Possible strategy is to write big chunks in C

-action: early cut of fcore (pmuldoon)


Core: backend/middle end
-Tim is pursuing libdw/libdwfl
-Face to face meeting complications
-Mark is on vacation next week, orientation in 3 weeks
-Mark observer to temporarily suspend the task
-Mark working on blocking observer


Update
-Goals: continue, step, breakpoint
-Have rpm available for when FC6 unfreezes as part of updates