On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 06:11 -0500, Jared K. Smith wrote: > 2012/2/6 Michał Piotrowski <mkkp...@gmail.com>: > > I noticed that F17 is based on the latest stable glibc realease. > > Previously development Fedora version was based on development glibc. > > Was there a change of some Fedora glibc policy? If it is no > > coincidence, but the new policy - many thanks for the change :) > > Yes, we've worked with the glibc maintainers in Fedora to change the > way that glibc packages are produced. Previously, each new updated > glibc package would sync in most (if not all) of the latest changes > from development, which made it difficult to release. For example, in > the F16 development cycle, we had several instances of bug-fix > releases for glibc causing further regressions. > > In the new scheme, glibc packages will be based on stable releases, > with bug-fixes back-ported as necessary. I'll throw out a huge thank > you to Jeff Law for being willing to step up and take over maintenance > of the glibc packages in Fedora, and for building those packages in a > less chaotic way than was previously done.
I'd like to second that. Glibc forms the basic foundation of Fedora, and it's nice to know that we'll have fewer earthquakes post-Alpha. Thanks very much Jeff!
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