Soft freeze for the glibc-2.44 release

[Andreas K. Huettel]

Dear all, 

as of two days ago we're in the soft freeze phase for the upcoming glibc-2.44 release.

* No *starting* of new features for 2.44 anymore
* Decisions on what of the ongoing work goes still into 2.44 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 (unless they are
already listed there):
https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Release/2.44#Planning

Thanks a lot!
Andreas

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20 June 2026: 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 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 July 2026: Hard freeze
    Only critically important or technically straightforward bug fixes
    Release can happen when things are ready 

1 Aug 2026 (or ideally a bit earlier): Release 
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PD Dr. Andreas K. Hüttel
dilfridge@gentoo.org
Gentoo Linux developer 
(council, comrel, toolchain, base-system, perl, libreoffice)
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