freeze for the upcoming glibc 2.38 release
Xi Ruoyao
xry111@xry111.site
Thu Jul 6 18:43:34 GMT 2023
On Thu, 2023-07-06 at 20:28 +0200, Andreas K. Huettel via Libc-alpha
wrote:
> - July 6-11, "slushy ABI freeze"
> * No new ABI additions.
> * ABI corrections should be reviewed, RM approval not required.
> * Avoid any changes that require action by the ports (including all
> that require ulps regeneration)
> * Bug fixes.
> * Monday patch review switches to reviewing critical bug list and
> ABI issues.
>
> We still have two "desirables" on the wiki page,
> * "Add clone3 support for multiple architectures" - can we wrap this
> up
> safely next week?
> https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/list/?series=16730
> * "Flip defaults for some security-relevant build configuration
> flags"
> https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/list/?series=21908
> The series consists of 4 patches. 2 (stack-protector-strong), 3
> (bind-now) and 4 (disable-crypt) should be uncontroversial.
> ## The list thread on 1 (autoconf-2.71) ended without a clear
> conclusion. What's the status here? ##
>
> Anything else?
May I add
https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/list/?series=22006 here?
The reason:
- It's trivial.
- Applying it here will stop GCC analyzer developers from implementing
these as special cases.
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Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>
School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University
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