Re: glibc 2.24 --- Release on August 1st (hard deadline).

[Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>]

On 31 Mar 2016 09:26, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> I would like to suggest that we release glibc 2.24 on August 1st
> 2016 and consider this a hard deadline.
> 
> This suggestion is strongly motivated by the accelerated Fedora 25
> schedule which could use a stable glibc 2.24 released on August 1st
> to synchronize with an Alpha Freeze on August 9th [1].
> 
> This request is not out of line with the expected schedule. The
> glibc schedule is nominally February 1st / August 1st (after
> having shifted it to avoid the holiday season, starting with 2.19
> in 2014).
> 
> We are somewhat lax in the exact release date, but for the 2.24
> release I'm asking that we be firm and release on August 1st. I'm
> happy to help the RM review patches leading up to this point.
> 
> The 2.23 release was only 18 days behind the expected schedule,
> but that's 18 days we will lose in 2.24 development.

Gentoo is rarely concerned by specific release dates,
so any schedule works for us.
-mike

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