Soft freeze for the glibc-2.43 release

Sunil Pandey skpgkp2@gmail.com
Sun Dec 14 22:53:19 GMT 2025


Hi Andreas,

I would like to get the following patch in 2.43.

https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2025-December/173413.html

Thanks,
Sunil

On Sun, Dec 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM Andreas K. Huettel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>
wrote:

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