Re: GDB BoF Agenda for GNU Cauldron 2022?

Hi,

On 9/12/22 16:43, Pedro Alves wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Once again, we'll have a gdb BoF session in the Cauldron this year:
> 
>    https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/cauldron2022#cauldron2022talks.the_gdb_bof
> 
> As in previous years, the intention is to discuss whatever gdb-related topics people feel like
> needs discussing, hence no agenda listed in the schedule (I didn't have a list of topics in mind
> when I proposed the slot).  As before, I intend to collect topics of interest at the start of the
> session, and then try to cover them all.  That seems to have worked OK in the past.
> 
> However, if anyone has topics they already know they'd like to see brought up, please feel
> free to let me know in advance.
> 
> Hope to see you there!
> 
> Cheers,
> Pedro Alves

One topic GDB developers might be interested in (but feel free to skip it otherwise), is patch reviewing.

- Timing

Everyone's busy schedules aside, is there a way to improve the time it takes for patches to get reviewed? Do we need to seek
(to appoint) more maintainers?

- Tracking

Is there a better patch-tracking system so contributions don't get forgotten (better than pinging patches once a week).

It would be nice to have a clear list of contributions waiting to be reviewed, as opposed to having to go through mailing
list entries.

- Pre-commit testing

Some sort of infrastructure that just build-tests the patch/series to hopefully speed-up reviewing. Possibly using our current
sourceware buildbot infrastructure?

Regards,
Luis