2.25 Freeze getting slushy soon

[David Edelsohn]

> Hi folks,
>
> In a little over 12 hours it will be 1-Jan-2017 everywhere, which means
> it is time for glibc 2.25 to go into a slushy freeze.  The tunables and
> condvar patchsets seem to be in the clear and ready for inclusion.  What
> is the status of the following:
>
> * _Float128 support on ppc64le
>   - The patchset does seem to have been approved yet and there doesn't
>     seem to have been any movement since mid-December.  Should we punt
>     this to the next release?

So GLIBC developers are not allowed any time for vacations? They are
not allowed to spend any time with their family and loved ones during
the Christmas and New Years holidays?  Maybe measuring progress during
a holiday period is not good common sense.

- David