Upcoming glibc-2.42 release

[H. Peter Anvin]

On June 30, 2025 6:10:25 AM PDT, Adhemerval Zanella Netto <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> wrote:
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>On 12/06/25 11:04, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
>> Hi all, 
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>> unless someone else wants to step in, I'm going to take care of the upcoming 
>> release again.
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>> Suggested 6-week schedule, mostly just writing down how we've handled things
>> in the past:
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>> - 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
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>> - 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.
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>> - 18 July 2025: Hard freeze
>>   * Only critically important or technically straightforward bug fixes
>> 
>> - 1 Aug 2025 (or ideally a bit earlier): Release
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>Hi Peter,
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>On the glibc weekly call [1], Carlos has asked if there is anything we want
>to add on the NEWS entry on 'Changes to build and runtime requirements:'
>about the termios (I take that we already have an entry on 'Major new features:',
>and there should be no outstanding compat issues).
>
>[1] https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/PatchworkReviewMeetings

It is *possible* that the switch to using linux/sockios.h directly may require a newer version of the Linux kernel uapi headers than otherwise would be required. It wouldn't affect runtime requirements, though.