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Re: What to do about libidn?

From: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
To: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 16:03:27 +0000
Subject: Re: What to do about libidn?
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On Wed, 9 Nov 2016, Florian Weimer wrote:

> > Given that glibc's libidn add-on is not itself a public ABI or API,
> > dlopening an external library would seem a reasonable way of implementing
> > that getaddrinfo functionality.
> 
> Would you prefer us to do that, or to drop AI_IDN support completely?

I don't have a view on that, beyond that it's not normal for us to drop a 
supported ABI for existing binaries.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com

References:
- What to do about libidn?
  - From: Florian Weimer
- Re: What to do about libidn?
  - From: Joseph Myers
- Re: What to do about libidn?
  - From: Florian Weimer

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