Re: New sync'd branch

[Nick Roberts]

 > > 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.

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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob