Re: Glibc stable release process (Glibc 2.26.1)

[Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>]

On 10/16/2017 02:48 PM, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> On Friday 13 October 2017 01:29 AM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > If you don't see a problem with that, I'm going to suggest this on a
> > separate thread (it's too buried here to receive proper attention).
>
> This is a good idea in general and a trivial point to add to the release
> process.  Do you intend to propose this as a full replacement for point
> releases (i.e. never do it) or just an added convenience for those who
> don't care for point releases or a fallback for when the release manager
> (or one of the package signers, i.e. Carlos, Joseph, me, etc.) does not
> want to spend time on a point release?

I think it's a sufficient replacement for point releases, but I suppose 
others will disagree.

Thanks,
Florian