Soft freeze for the glibc-2.43 release

[Andreas K. Huettel]

Dear all, 

as of today we're in the soft freeze phase for the upcoming glibc-2.43 release.

* No *starting* of new features for 2.43 anymore
* Decisions on what of the ongoing work goes still into 2.43 and what not
* Review and addition of patches 

Please respond with your requests which features or fixes should still go in, 
and/or add them to the wiki page under blockers or desirables:
https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Release/2.43#Planning

Thanks & already in advance, have nice holidays and/or a nice winter break!
Andreas

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    14 Dec 2025: Soft freeze (3 instead of 2 weeks because of end of year / christmas break)
        No *starting* of new features anymore
        Decisions on what goes still in and what goes not
        Review and addition of patches 
    4 Jan 2026: Freeze
        Machine testing
        Bug fixes without large impact
        No ABI changes without RM discussion
        High risk bug fixes should be discussed on the list. 
    18 Jan 2026: Hard freeze
        Only critically important or technically straightforward bug fixes 
    1 Feb 2026 (or ideally a bit earlier): Release 

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-- 
Andreas K. Hüttel
dilfridge@gentoo.org
Gentoo Linux developer
(council, toolchain, base-system, perl, libreoffice)
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