Time for glibc 2.1.3?

[Andreas Jaeger]

>>>>> Geoff Keating writes:

>> From: Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
>> Date: 15 Feb 2000 18:31:01 +0100
>> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0804 (Gnus v5.8.4) XEmacs/21.1 (Bryce Canyon)
>> 
>> >>>>> Ulrich Drepper writes:
>> 
Uli> Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> writes:
>> >> what kind of showstoppers to we have for glibc 2.1.3?  What are your
>> >> plans for releasing 2.1.3?
>> >> 
>> >> I don't see any showstoppers for now.
>> 
Uli> Geoff said there are big problems with PPC.
>> 
>> What kind of problems, exactly?  Geoff, please tell us the problems
>> and your estimates on how long you need to fix this.

Geoff> I'm told it doesn't build with 2.3 kernel headers.

Geoff> I need about two-three days.  The problem is, I'm not sure when my next
Geoff> three days are.  I've had no time to work on it recently because I've
Geoff> been working on GCC.


>> The PPC folks had enough time to fix this.  We should really ship
>> 2.1.3 now.  If it's broken for PPC, we can release a 2.1.4 soon
>> afterwards.  But I don't like to wait another half year just because
>> PPC is not finished.

Geoff> I'm a bit hesitant about shipping a release that is known not to build
Geoff> on an important architecture.
But if nobody really cares about it, it's not worth waiting for it.


Geoff> I'd be happy for someone to take the release branch, make it work, and
Geoff> submit patches.  If someone did that (and really tested it), I would
Geoff> be happy with a release immediately.

I'm now compiling on powerpc with 2.3.45 kernel headers and will
report any problems.

Could you please review the following patches:
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/libc-alpha/2000-02/msg00014.html
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/libc-hacker/2000-02/msg00042.html

I'll you more later,
Andreas
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