[PATCH] Deprecate 32-bit off_t support

[Florian Weimer]

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cc20102fda..2f601c6217 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -85,6 +85,15 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
   as all functions that call vscanf, vfscanf, or vsscanf are annotated with
   __attribute__ ((format (scanf, ...))).
 
+* A future release of glibc will use a 64-bit off_t type on all
+  architectures (as currently available with -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 on
+  32-bit architectures).  Building new applications with
+  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=32 will no longer be supported.  The off64_t type and
+  the 64-bit function aliases (such as fstat64) will remain available under
+  the appropriate feature test macros.  In preparation, libraries should
+  stop using off_t in public header files, and use off64_t (or a fixed-width
+  type such as int64_t or uint64_t) instead.
+
 Changes to build and runtime requirements:
 
 * Python 3.4 or later is required to build the GNU C Library.