[Bug math/22146] C++ build issue with float128 on x86_64

[siddhesh at sourceware dot org]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22146

--- Comment #21 from Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at sourceware dot org> ---
Most distributions I have worked with (Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu) prefer to
backport specific patches that interest them rather than rebasing to upstream
tarballs mid-release or as updates.  This is because it gives them much finer
control for maintenance from the distro viewpoint; it is easier to back off one
patch and test instead of using a different tarball.

So distribution use is not a sufficient case for a point release because they
have never really asked for it in the past.  I'm open to other reasons or
suggestions or even opening up a debate on whether it makes sense to have point
releases (and if distributions are actually going to use it) but bugzilla is
not the place to discuss it. Please start a discussion on the libc-alpha
mailing list.

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