Re: New sync'd branch

[Chong Yidong]

address@hidden (Nick Roberts) writes:

>> We'd like to have a new release in the first half of next year with some
>> new features.  Given the short time, the new features need to be
>> non-intrusive, like new packages.
>
> 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 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).