glibc-2.35 - Entering slush ABI freeze / Reviewing release blockers.

Siddhesh Poyarekar siddhesh@gotplt.org
Thu Jan 6 14:47:37 GMT 2022


On 06/01/2022 20:09, Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha wrote:
> Community,
> 
> We are into the slushy ABI freeze. If you need to make ABI changes that are not
> already in the "Release Blockers" [1] list please start a discussion about them
> here to decide if they are really release blockers.
> 
> We have 3 weeks of bug fixing and stabilization before I plan to cut the release.
> 

Could we have the _FORTIFY_SOURCE header fixes[1] block the release? 
The header inconsistencies result in a number of functions (stpcpy, 
pread, etc.) not being fortified in !_GNU_SOURCE cases.

Thanks,
Siddhesh

[1] https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/list/?series=6132


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