glibc-2.17 release status...

[Ryan S. Arnold]

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:34 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
>
> The tree is frozen, and it the last minute fixes have essentially
> slowed beyond a trickle to something approaching silence :-)
>
> Translations are pouring in and being merged into the tree.
>
> My impression is that the math ULPS results are synchronized and
> updated for most if not all ports.  Please notify the list if any
> remain and what is blocking the update.
>
> My goal is to make a release on the week of Dec 24th, and to not
> let the release slip into the new year under any circumstances.
>
> This should allow ample time to let translations continue to trickle
> in, deal with last minute issues, create the branches and test the
> resulting tarballs for release.
>
> Starting tonight I will start working on contrib.texi and seeing
> if anything worthwhile is missing from the NEWS file.
>
> Next week, I will start on double checking all the files that need to
> be regenerated.
>
> If there are any serious release related issues that need to be
> addressed, now would be a great time to bring it up.
>
> Thanks.

Edjunior sent an ulps file for PowerPC.  I'm still waiting on feedback
from a co-worker regarding the __kernel_get_tbfreq vdso fix.   Both of
these should be ready in a few days.

Ryan