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Re: Should glibc stand for "GNU Core Library?"
- From: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at gotplt dot org>
- Cc: Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 16:01:56 +0000
- Subject: Re: Should glibc stand for "GNU Core Library?"
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- References: <4f51cfd3-f522-e813-3c2e-9308e2ede60d@redhat.com> <5ea9826f-897e-f123-d957-cbdfd29ef2e9@gotplt.org>
On Thu, 1 Dec 2016, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> > Just like GCC went from "The GNU C Compiler" to "The GNU Compiler
> > Collection"... should glibc move from "The GNU C Library" to
> > something like "The GNU Core Libraries" since the project provides
> > key core libraries that provide much more than just ISO C.
>
> Seems reasonable, what's the process to change it other than maybe
> adding it in NEWS?
Presumably you'd need to agree a change with RMS. And get
<https://www.gnu.org/manual/blurbs.html> updated as well as all the
license notices, documentation etc. (updating documentation wouldn't
simply be a matter of changing what macros such as @theglibc{} expand to
because you'd also need to adjust verbs for the change from singular to
plural).
--
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com