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Re: Product branches in the GDB repository?
- From: Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>
- To: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- Cc: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:36:51 -0800
- Subject: Re: Product branches in the GDB repository?
- References: <20050322002034.GA19385@nevyn.them.org>
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
We're already pretty flexible about creating branches for development. Does
anyone have an object to branches for non-FSF releases? I think it's a
logical extension of current practice.
CodeSourcery does regular releases of an ARM toolchain, and we're going to
have a bunch of as yet unsubmitted GDB patches in our next release. Nothing
deliberately unsubmitted, of course, but things which need additional
polishing or review or input before they're ready for HEAD. I would prefer
to maintain them in the main repository, simply because it's easier with CVS.
And that way the patches are easily available for any curious GDB
developers.
FWIW, we already do this for both gcc and binutils.
Yes, Apple has been doing it with GCC on a pretty large scale,
and it doesn't seem as though it's been troublesome for anyone.
So I'm OK with doing the same for GDB; as with the GCC branches,
there should be documentation about the branch and its policies
both on web page and in a branch-only file.
(Does that mean Apple GDB should get a branch here too?
Interesting question...)
Stan