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RE: GDB version numbering

From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
To: "'Joel Brobecker'" <brobecker at adacore dot com>, "'Andrew Cagney'" <cagney at redhat dot com>
Cc: "'Nick Roberts'" <nickrob at snap dot net dot nz>, <gdb at sources dot redhat dot com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:42:23 +0100
Subject: RE: GDB version numbering
References: <18066.2956.730647.124877@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <20070709172235.GA3876@adacore.com> <18066.47945.530232.677872@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <4693BACE.3030000@redhat.com> <20070710192534.GA3943@adacore.com>

On 10 July 2007 20:26, Joel Brobecker wrote:

>> The reason to bump the major version doesn't need to be technical and
>> previously hasn't.  For instance, 5.x signified the freeing of GDB's CVS
>> repo.  Here, similarly, we've got the GPLv3 change that while
>> non-technical is a very major change for GDB;  something worth
>> considering as a trigger for a major version number bump:
>> 
>>    GDB 7 is GPLv3+
>>    GDB 6 is GPLv2+
> 
> Indeed. What do others think?

 "Bikeshed".

    cheers,
      DaveK
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