glibc 2.20 status?

[Carlos O'Donell]

On 09/03/2014 10:03 PM, Allan McRae wrote:
> On 04/09/14 00:04, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
>> Allan,
>>
>> What's the status of 2.20?
>>
>> Are -Wundef fixes and machine maintainer testing
>> all that blocks the release?
>>
> 
> I was waiting for the CVE-2014-6040 fix to land to avoid all
> distributions backporting it.  With that done, I intend to call a
> complete freeze.
> 
> My opinion on the -Wundef fixes is that they needed to have been
> committed by this point.  It has now been two months since the start of
> the slushy freeze.  I consider the risk/reward ratio too high to commit
> them now (even with small risk, the reward is smaller).
> 
> Given I can not deal with the release until the weekend, I am happy for
> the tilegx fix to land before then.
> 
> Unless anyone yells very loudly (and for a good reason...), I intend to
> call a freeze on Saturday in order for the release to be made on Monday.

Sounds good to me.

Cheers,
Carlos.