[Valgrind-developers] Valgrind 3.16 release schedule

[Julian S. <js...@ac...>]

Greetings.

In the Developer Toolroom at FOSDEM20 last Sunday, there was a bit of
discussion regarding the release date for 3.16.0.  The following was agreed:

* freeze for large changes on Monday 2 March 2020.

* final release on Monday 16 March 2020.

This gives us just under four weeks to land any large changes for 3.16,
followed by a two week stabilisation period before the release.

My list of changes still to do for 3.16 are:

* make the new &&-idiom-recognition stuff work also on s390 and MIPS.  This
   was discussed with both the s390 and MIPS folks on Sunday.  If it is not
   fixable in the timescale, it's not a disaster since that functionality can
   remain disabled on those targets, as it is now.  But if possible it would be
   nice to have it fixed.

* 64-bit time-related syscalls on 32-bit Linux targets are now failing (esp
   for Fedora Rawhide).  Mark and/or me can look at this; other volunteers
   welcome.

* Continue testing with gcc 10 (and maybe glibc-the-latest?); make sure it
   works.

* [me] I'd like to land 253657 (improvements to PDB reading) if possible.

* I would like to remove the exp-sgcheck tool.  It hasn't been usable for
   years (if ever); it doesn't work at all on non-x86/amd64 targets, and is
   generally pointless to keep around.  Are there any objections to removing
   it?

* I'll make another pass through the open bugs within the next week, but I'm
   not aware of any critical bugs right now.

If this schedule is a problem for anyone, please let us know immediately.
Also, of course, if there are other changes that should go in 3.16, speak up
now.

J