From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25065 invoked by alias); 4 Jul 2018 19:35:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact libc-alpha-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: libc-alpha-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 25053 invoked by uid 89); 4 Jul 2018 19:34:59 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=13th, showcase X-HELO: mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com From: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho To: "Carlos O'Donell" , GNU C Library , Bill Schmidt Cc: Subject: Re: glibc 2.28 release on August 1st and extended ABI freeze for ppc64le float128. In-Reply-To: <4db8730d-158c-67e4-b4fd-55b3cc9a7100@redhat.com> References: <4db8730d-158c-67e4-b4fd-55b3cc9a7100@redhat.com> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.26.2 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/25.3.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2018 19:35:00 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain x-cbid: 18070419-2213-0000-0000-000002C57B24 X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00009309; HX=3.00000241; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000266; SDB=6.01056557; UDB=6.00542002; IPR=6.00834479; MB=3.00021999; MTD=3.00000008; XFM=3.00000015; UTC=2018-07-04 19:34:54 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 18070419-2214-0000-0000-00005AB6FD7A Message-Id: <87bmbmu750.fsf@linux.ibm.com> X-SW-Source: 2018-07/txt/msg00083.txt.bz2 Carlos O'Donell writes: > The next release of glibc 2.28 is planned for August 1st. > We normally enter a global ABI/API slushy freeze on July 1st. > > Both IBM and Red Hat have a strong desire to see the IBM ppc64le > transition to the new long double format without having to wait an > additional 6 months until we have another release. > > For example I want these changes in Fedora 29 so we can showcase the > latest IBM POWER9 hardware. > > I'm willing to extend the ABI/API freeze to July 13th for the ppc64le > float128 changes, to allow those to go into the glibc 2.28 release. We've decided to delay this transition to glibc 2.29 in order to give more time for tests. So, I'm removing this item from the release blockers list. Thank you all! -- Tulio Magno