On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Joseph S. Myers <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is the latest version of my list of differences between glibc and > EGLIBC, classified according to my expectations for what will happen > to them (whether, and to what extent, they will end up in glibc). We > are on track for EGLIBC 2.19 being the last EGLIBC release branch, as > previously discussed, with no merges from FSF glibc to EGLIBC trunk > happening after the 2.19 release (merges to EGLIBC release branches > are expected to continue for as long as the corresponding glibc > release branches are active, after which the EGLIBC repository, issue > tracker and website may be made read-only). > > I believe other people are working on, or plan to work on, merging the > following changes to glibc. > > 1. Avoid __block identifier in installed headers (glibc bug 11157; I > think __glibc_reserved_block would meet the agreed convention now). > Meador Inge intends to work on this.
Thanks for posting this excellent summary. I look forward to seeing Meador's patches. Cheers, Carlos. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cae2ss1jliv+ahdkjhtro4po24psksyxmerskzw_mh4aj6ta...@mail.gmail.com
