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Re: readline rebase 5.1->6.2?
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb at sourceware dot org, Kai Tietz <ktietz at redhat dot com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>, Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at gnu dot org>
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:57:53 -0600
- Subject: Re: readline rebase 5.1->6.2?
- References: <20110322154327.GA8966@host1.jankratochvil.net>
>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> writes:
Jan> it is a bity pity the sourceware tree still bundles readline-5.1
Jan> while distros build GDB with readline less than 5 years old.
[...]
Jan> Before 7.3 cut off I ask about the opinion on these MS-related platforms
Jan> compatibility readline patches, Fedora GNU/Linux runs fine with
Jan> readline-6.1-2.fc14 with readline-6.2-2.fc15 soon to be GA and also no
Jan> reported problems.
I think upgrading is a good idea, but I think any upgrade should be done
on the trunk after 7.3 branches -- the sooner after the branch is made,
the better.
Tom