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Re: Should glibc stand for "GNU Core Library?"
On 12/01/2016 11:01 AM, Joseph Myers wrote:
> 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).
>
Thank you to all of you who have provided feedback.
I'm putting this aside for now. We have 2.25 to release and a website
update to complete. Perhaps after that I'll raise the issue with RMS
to rename the project.
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Cheers,
Carlos.