Problems that should be resolved before the next release are marked as ``high priority'' in the bug database.
GDB's schedule works on a slip-for-slip basis. If, for some reason, the branch date slips, the release date will slip by an equivalent amount.
Release Estimate Schedule Actual Slip (months) Comment 11.1 2021-06 2021-06 2021-09-12 3 Same as 10.2: New blocking issues kept being found, not all at once, but progressively :-(; additional delays due to Summer Holidays 10.2 2021-02 2021-02 2021-04-25 3 New blocking issues kept being found, not all at once, but progressively :-( 10.1 2020-08 2020-08 2020-10-24 3 Large number of issues to investigate, some complex; additional delays from Summer Holidays 9.2 2019-05 2019-05 2020-05-23 0.5 Very few requests for fixes in 9.2 9.1 2019-12 2019-12 2020-02-08 1.5 Large number of issues to investigate 8.3.1 2019-08 2019-09 2019-09-20 0.5 None 8.3 2019-02 2019-02 2019-05-11 3 Several difficult issues deemed blocking for 8.3 (new styling feature, Windows native support, ...) 8.2.1 2018-12 2018-12 2018-12-23 0.5 None 8.2 2018-06 2018-06 2018-09-05 2.5 Several difficult issues deemed blocking for 8.2, and summer holidays affecting progress 8.1.1 2018-05 2018-05 2018-07-31 2 Very few issues found in this release, and then waiting for analysis of PR symtab/23010 (not included in 8.1.1 after all); note that summer holidays also affected progress. 8.1 2017-12 2018-01 2018-01-31 1 Issues considered blocking for release took time to fix. 8.0.1 2017-06 2017-09 2017-09-05 0 8.0 took a while to come out, but since then, very few issues found with this release! 8.0 2017-03 2017-03 2017-06-04 2.5 Python API issues to resolve before branching, followed by some issues that took longer to fix, and some issues on MinGW hosts discovered late 7.12.1 2017-01 2017-01 2017-01-21 0.5 One small blocking issue discovered late 7.12 2016-07 2016-07 2016-10-07 2.5 Several issues deemed blocking before release 7.11.1 2016-05 2016-05 2016-05-31 0 Great job from all contributors involved getting everything in on time! 7.11 2016-02 2016-02 2016-02-24 0 7.10.1 2015-11 2015-11 2015-12-05 0 One of the quietest branches after the first release was made! (7 changes) 7.10 2015-06 2015-08 2015-08-28 2 The usual few minor issues we wanted to fix before releasing, slightly more challenging to solve than usual... 7.9.1 2015-05 2015-05 2015-05-13 0 7.9 2015-01 2015-01 2015-02-20 1 The usual few minor issues we wanted to fix before releasing... 7.8.2 N/A N/A 2015-01-15 0 A few issues that we felt were critical enough to warrant a .2 release. 7.8.1 2014-10 2014-10 2014-10-29 0 We were hoping to be able to release early but did not manage to. 7.8 2014-07 2014-06 2014-07-29 1.5 Small delay creating the branch, but then a large number of regressions found post branch creation. 7.7.1 2014-05 2014-05 2014-05-05 0 7.7 2013-09 2013-09 2014-02-06 6(!) Long delays creating the release branch (git transition, new features, etc). 7.6.2 N/A N/A 2013-12-08 N/A Unscheduled release, mostly for PR 16303 (MIPS16 and microMIPS support with binutils release 2.24) 7.6.1 2013-07 2013-07 2013-08-30 1 Some minor issues to resolve and possibly lack of attention due to the summer holidays 7.6 2013-02 2013-02 2013-04-26 2 Larger than usual number of regressions and critical issues detected after creating branch 7.5.1 2012-11 2012-11 2012-11-29 0 7.5 2012-06 2012-06 2012-08-17 2 Waiting for last few patches and for Release Manager to be available. 7.4.1 2012-04 2012-04 2012-04-26 0 7.4 2011-12 2011-12 2012-01-24 1 Waited for some features, and a bit of instability introduced just before branching. 7.3.1 (none) (none) 2011-09-04 Unplanned minor corrective release decided as soon as we were told that the ISBN and edition number needed to be changed in the GDB User's Guide. 7.3 2011-03 2011-03 2011-07-26 4 Regressions due to "dwarf2 physname" took a very long time to fix 7.2 2010-08 2010-07 2010-09-02 2 Some blocking problems discovered prior to branching; a delay due to the Release Manager disappearing; and delays prior to releasing due to some missing documentation. 7.1 2010-02 2010-03 2010-03-18 1 Waited for a few extra features that were almost ready but not quite. 7.0.1 2009-12 2009-12 2009-12-22 0 7.0 2009-05 2009-05 2009-10-06 5 Too many new features that needed a little extra time to mature. 6.8 2008-02 2008-02 2008-02-29 0 6.7 2007-07 2007-07 2007-10-10 3 Delayed mostly by the transition to GPLv3 and a few unexpected regressions. 6.6 2006-11 2006-12 2006-12-18 6.5 (none) (none) 2006-06-21 6.4 2005-11 2005-11 2005-12-01 0 6.3 2004-11 2004-11 2004-11-09 0! We rock! 6.2 2004-08 2004-07-30 2004-07-30 0 Went very smootly (provided you ignore that MIPS was discovered to be broken on the last day).Please send FSF & GNU inquiries & questions to gnu@gnu.org. There are also other ways to contact the FSF.
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