Should glibc stand for "GNU Core Library?"

[Joseph Myers]

On Thu, 1 Dec 2016, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:

> > Just like GCC went from "The GNU C Compiler" to "The GNU Compiler
> > Collection"... should glibc move from "The GNU C Library" to
> > something like "The GNU Core Libraries" since the project provides
> > key core libraries that provide much more than just ISO C.
> 
> Seems reasonable, what's the process to change it other than maybe
> adding it in NEWS?

Presumably you'd need to agree a change with RMS.  And get 
<https://www.gnu.org/manual/blurbs.html> updated as well as all the 
license notices, documentation etc. (updating documentation wouldn't 
simply be a matter of changing what macros such as @theglibc{} expand to 
because you'd also need to adjust verbs for the change from singular to 
plural).

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Joseph S. Myers
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