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Re: 2.25 Freeze getting slushy soon
- From: David Edelsohn <dje dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- To: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at gotplt dot org>
- Cc: gftg at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com, Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval dot zanella at linaro dot org>, "libc-alpha at sourceware dot org" <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 15:38:18 -0500
- Subject: Re: 2.25 Freeze getting slushy soon
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> Hi folks,
>
> In a little over 12 hours it will be 1-Jan-2017 everywhere, which means
> it is time for glibc 2.25 to go into a slushy freeze. The tunables and
> condvar patchsets seem to be in the clear and ready for inclusion. What
> is the status of the following:
>
> * _Float128 support on ppc64le
> - The patchset does seem to have been approved yet and there doesn't
> seem to have been any movement since mid-December. Should we punt
> this to the next release?
So GLIBC developers are not allowed any time for vacations? They are
not allowed to spend any time with their family and loved ones during
the Christmas and New Years holidays? Maybe measuring progress during
a holiday period is not good common sense.
- David