Soft freeze for the glibc-2.44 release

[Sam James]

"Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@gentoo.org> writes:

> 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

Having the parallel build series in would be a massive win. I plan to
review it but it will not be before end of this week.

>
> Thanks a lot!
> Andreas
>
> ******
> 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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