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Re: [PATCH] change GLIBC PPC64/ELF2 ABI default to 2.17
- From: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot com>
- To: munroesj at us dot ibm dot com, Adhemerval Zanella <azanella at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 18:38:12 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] change GLIBC PPC64/ELF2 ABI default to 2.17
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On 01/30/2014 05:59 PM, Steven Munroe wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 14:39 -0200, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
>> On 30-01-2014 14:10, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>>> So, moving forward: Will there no more such breakages and can
>>> distributions rely on a stable API of the released glibc 2.19 on
>>> PowerPC64 Little Endian the same way that x86 and x86-64 users can rely
>>> on it? Meaning: Any binary build against 2.19 will work with future
>>> versions.
>>>
>>> Andreas
>>
>> Yes, if this patch is accepted we intend to make this change final.
>>
> Thanks Adhemerval for you clear statement.
>
> Yes I understand the convenience this will cause, and for that I
> profusely apologize. I am taking a fair amount of abuse as a result
> (from all sides, and most of which you have not seen), and that is fair
> as well.
>
> Yes I understand that this is the last chance to make this change,
> period.
Any ABI breakage ;)
> But I am also responsible for that long term stability and viability of
> this new ecosystem. I am responsible for insuring the widest possible
> acceptance and support so users (end customers and application
> developers) will find this to be an attractive platform.
Understood.
> That is what I have to weigh in the balance,
>
> I thank you all for your indulgence on this matter.
So, are you going to send a patch that passes make check (incl. abilist
changes)?
Andreas
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