[fpc-devel] New -Xg option in the last 9778 revision

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, Fabio Dell'Aria wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 2008/1/17, Michael Van Canneyt <michael at freepascal.org>:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, Fabio Dell'Aria wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > 2008/1/17, Peter Vreman <peter at freepascal.org>:
> > > > > Hi to all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have some questions about the last 9778 revision (related to the new
> > > > > -Xg option).
> > > > >
> > > > > The help tell: "-Xg now produces a .dbg file with debuginfo that can
> > > > > be used by gdb."
> > > > >
> > > > > My questions are:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1)...when this patch will be apply to the current 2.2.x version (I
> > > > > think currently it works only on the last 2.3.x version)?
> > > >
> > > > The patch is not even 24 hours old and needs to stabilize first. Maybe in a couple of months it will be considered for inclusion.
> > >
> > > Do you think it will be included in the next 2.2.2 stable release?
> >
> > Normally not.
> 
> Why?

Because 2.2.2 is a bugfix only release, no new features are allowed.

Michael.