Upcoming glibc-2.42 release

[Adhemerval Zanella Netto]

On 12/06/25 11:04, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
> Hi all, 
> 
> unless someone else wants to step in, I'm going to take care of the upcoming 
> release again.
> 
> Suggested 6-week schedule, mostly just writing down how we've handled things
> in the past:
> 
> - 20 June 2024: Soft freeze
>   * No *starting* of new features anymore
>   * Decisions on what goes still in and what goes not
>   * Review and addition of patches
> 
> - 4 July 2025: 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 July 2025: Hard freeze
>   * Only critically important or technically straightforward bug fixes
> 
> - 1 Aug 2025 (or ideally a bit earlier): Release
> 

I have added my blocker and desirable features for 2.42 [1]

[1] https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Release/2.42