From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C2DF13857C76 for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2022 08:58:37 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org C2DF13857C76 Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mx3-rdu2.redhat.com [66.187.233.73]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-34-ZWs7Z-sEO0G1xbJdZlgZMQ-1; Tue, 12 Jul 2022 04:58:34 -0400 X-MC-Unique: ZWs7Z-sEO0G1xbJdZlgZMQ-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C578138149A3; Tue, 12 Jul 2022 08:58:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldenburg.str.redhat.com (unknown [10.39.192.160]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CCEDE40B40C8; Tue, 12 Jul 2022 08:58:31 +0000 (UTC) From: Florian Weimer To: Xi Ruoyao via Libc-alpha Cc: WANG Xuerui , Xi Ruoyao , binutils@sourceware.org, Alan Modra , liuzhensong , caiyinyu Subject: Re: glibc 2.36 - Slushy freeze (3 weeks to release) References: <7aba5486-ac02-2088-221e-513a6892817a@linaro.org> <87a69evl8n.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 10:58:29 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Xi Ruoyao via Libc-alpha's message of "Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:49:10 +0800") Message-ID: <87wnciu2q2.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.11.54.1 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: binutils@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Binutils mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 08:58:38 -0000 * Xi Ruoyao via Libc-alpha: > On Tue, 2022-07-12 at 09:33 +0200, Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha wrote: > >> Does it really make sense to add a glibc port now if we are going to >> switch to a different ABI two or three releases from now?=C2=A0 I don't >> think >> so. > > The Glibc patches under review (and the upstreamed kernel/gcc/binutils > code) are already using the new ABI. > > The "old" ABI was only used by commercial distros for customers who want > to use LoongArch platforms before all the open source components are > reviewed and upstreamed properly. Old ABI will never be a part of > upstream code. > > Once glibc is upstreamed we will consider the ABI stabilized, and start > to encourage people to use upstreamed ABI. (Obviously we can't do it > now: we can't just tell people to "rebuild everything per month".) Okay, that clarifies that aspect, and addresses my concerns. Thanks. Florian