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Re: [PATCH] change GLIBC PPC64/ELF2 ABI default to 2.17
- From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- To: Adhemerval Zanella <azanella at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:56:01 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] change GLIBC PPC64/ELF2 ABI default to 2.17
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> Yes Andreas, we are aware of this *huge* inconvenience and we believe the
> current status of the ecosystem (no current *released* distro, not current
> *release* chip to support it) makes such change still somewhat feasible.
> We are weighting the pros and cons, and the resulting outcome (increasing
> the distro support and ecosystem) is what we are aiming now.
That's an argument for following policy and making 2.19.