Q: Estimated date for 2.16 release ?

[Nick Clifton]

Hi,

> Will 2.16 implement the CORRECT BSDI/ELF patch that I submitted?

Possibly - but only if we receive a proper submission in time.  In 
particular we would need:

  1. A copyright assignment to the FSF from the copyright holder(s) of 
the patch.  Without this we cannot accept the patch.  This is a proper 
legal document and there is a procedure to follow in order to obtain it, 
so if you want to apply for one please let me know.

2. A tidied up patch.  This is mostly laziness on my part, but I would 
like to have one email that is just the patch, fully tested to make sure 
that it applied and builds a toolchain that works, and which also:

   * Follows the GNU Coding standards.
   * Adds an entry to the NEWS files in the appropriate subdirectory(s) 
announcing the availability of a new port.

3. ChangeLog entries for all of the ChangeLogs in the directories 
affected by the patch.  With real name(s) for the submitters please. 
"The Doctor" is a nice alias but we prefer to deal with real people.

Cheers
   Nick