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Re: glibc 2.28 release on August 1st and extended ABI freeze for ppc64le float128.
- From: Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com>
- To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro at mips dot com>
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>, Bill Schmidt <wschmidt at us dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 09:53:28 -0400
- Subject: Re: glibc 2.28 release on August 1st and extended ABI freeze for ppc64le float128.
- References: <4db8730d-158c-67e4-b4fd-55b3cc9a7100@redhat.com> <alpine.DEB.2.00.1807021441011.20622@tp.orcam.me.uk>
On 07/02/2018 09:59 AM, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2018, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
>
>> I'm not suggesting we move the August 1st release, but just decrease
>> the window of the ABI/API freeze, and restrict it to only the changes
>> we accept as such e.g. ppc64le float128 changes.
>
> Can I have:
>
> <https://patchwork.sourceware.org/patch/27910/>
> <https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2018-06/msg00511.html>
>
> decided for 2.28? Unfortunately I only discovered it so late in the
> development cycle, because I have only recently dived into addressing
> binutils PR ld/21375 and discovered BZ #23307 in the course.
This is OK for 2.28.
> The patch blocks the fix for PR ld/21375, and it will probably make no
> sense once we have a release with absolute symbols working (BZ #19818 + BZ
> #23307), but no ABI marking for that. So I think it's a 2.28-or-never
> change. The linker-side fix is scheduled for Jan 2019 binutils release.
I have reviewed the thread between you and Florian and I agree that this
change can go into 2.28.
> Shall I file a separate BZ just for this patch, with the milestone set
> to 2.28?
Answered by Joseph.
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Cheers,
Carlos.