glibc 2.24 -- Cutting the branch and my FSF steward position on __malloc_initialize_hook.

[Florian Weimer]

On 08/01/2016 05:37 PM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> On 08/01/2016 11:22 AM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
>> Adhemerval,
>>
>> As an FSF steward my position is that we should _not_ revert the
>> __malloc_initialize_hook changes, and that we should cut the branch today.
>
> I see I missed the fact that:
>
> * malloc: Remove malloc_get_state, malloc_set_state
>
> Remains on the blocker list.
>
> I think this needs to be deferred to 2.25 at the open of the branch.

Yes, I don't expect this to go in at this point.

Thanks,
Florian