CTI - Making a decision for glibc.

[Siddhesh Poyarekar]

On 2026-01-28 12:32, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Jan 28, 2026, Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@gotplt.org> wrote:
> 
>> I see a strong need for a dedicated team to work full time to support
>> critical infrastructure that glibc uses
> 
> Better look elsewhere, then, because the that dedicated team you're
> thinking of already works full time to support critical infrastructure
> for other projects that are more important to the LF than GNU libc.  And
> if they're going to take in even more projects, their time will be
> further divided.  If we need a full time team, we'd be heading down the
> wrong path with this choice.

That's not how paid support contracts work, but I know that you know that :)

>> and a stable source of funding with the assurance that
>> the hosting follows the GNU ethical hosting guidelines.
> 
> How about SaaSS?
> 
> Can you tell which services, or which components thereof, that are being
> proposed for hosting by the LF, are or aren't SaaSS?
> 
> Can you at least reassure me that this concern has been taken into
> account?

I don't think claims of SaaSS violation are substantiated here, unless 
you claim that the "right" of sourceware overseers to administer systems 
that host the glibc project are being restricted, which is nonsense. 
Sourceware overseers != glibc project community, even though there is an 
overlap in individuals.  The infrastructure services will be all FOSS 
too, so there's no agenda here to push proprietary software under the hood.

>> 4. I have strong faith in our capacity as the CTI TAC to find
>> alternatives and pull the plug on this if we find anything going even
>> slightly sideways.
> 
> Would this require walking away from the stable funding?
> 
> Or could the funding be retained and redirected?
> 

We'll know in future when that happens but in the worst case it will 
likely mean walking away from the stable funding.

Sid