[PATCH] change GLIBC PPC64/ELF2 ABI default to 2.17

[Roland McGrath]

> Yes Andreas, we are aware of this *huge* inconvenience and we believe the
> current status of the ecosystem (no current *released* distro, not current
> *release* chip to support it) makes such change still somewhat feasible.
> We are weighting the pros and cons, and the resulting outcome (increasing
> the distro support and ecosystem) is what we are aiming now.

That's an argument for following policy and making 2.19.