Re: Q: Estimated date for 2.16 release ?

[Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>]

Hi Miles,

> Is there some kinda of "master list" of targets-in-danger-of-obsolescence?

Yes.  Well yes-ish.  There is a bit of code at the start of 
bfd/config.bfd that recognise targets that are proposed for 
obsolescence.  The idea is that if anybody uses these targets they will 
complain on the list and their status can be restored before the next 
branch is cut:

  case $targ in
   null)
      if test "x$enable_obsolete" != xyes; then
        echo "*** Configuration $targ is obsolete." >&2
        echo "*** Specify --enable-obsolete to build it anyway." >&2
        echo "*** Support will be REMOVED in the next major release of 
BINUTILS," >&2
        echo "*** unless a maintainer comes forward." >&2
        exit 1
      fi;;
  esac

Currently this list is empty because we are about to cut the 2.16 branch.

Cheers
  Nick