Weekly roundup of patches

[Roland McGrath]

> Yes I do plan to do this weekly. 

Thanks very much.

> Related to this, is this to suggest that my vDSO patch which isn't a bug 
> but really new function, something that should have a BZ# to accompany the 
> work?
> 
> For some reason (and perhaps incorrectly) I didn't think that BZ was for 
> new features.

We have never had very clear formal rules about that.  Bugzilla is the only
actual facility we have for keeping track of things and making sure they
aren't dropped on the floor.