glibc 2.24 --- Starting soft/slush freeze discussion

[Marko Myllynen]

Hi,

On 2016-07-05 22:29, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
> On 05/07/2016 16:08, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
>> On 2016-06-30 17:14, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
>>
>> Also on the features side, it would be nice to get the ca_ES@valencia
>> and de_LI locales, they have already been posted a few months ago, so I
>> think they just need a final review:
>> - https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-06/msg01267.html
>> - https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-06/msg01266.html
> 
> I am not sure about the policy for new locales and I tend to see them 
> as new features.  I know it has been posted some time ago, but I think
> we should move them to 2.25.

de_LI seems very straightforward, it should be safe to include in 2.24.
However, since ca_ES might warrant a bit of additional higher level
discussion whether locales without the corresponding ISO 639 code are
acceptable today, it might be safer to postpone ca_ES to 2.25.

Thanks,

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Marko Myllynen