Re: freeze for the upcoming glibc 2.38 release

[Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 1:29 PM Andreas K. Huettel via Libc-alpha
<libc-alpha@sourceware.org> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> as you may have already heard I'm volunteering as release manager for the
> upcoming glibc 2.38.
>
> We follow approximately the same schedule as last time.
>
>
> - July 6-11, "slushy ABI freeze"
>   * No new ABI additions.
>   * ABI corrections should be reviewed, RM approval not required.
>   * Avoid any changes that require action by the ports (including all
>     that require ulps regeneration)
>   * Bug fixes.
>   * Monday patch review switches to reviewing critical bug list and
>     ABI issues.
>
>   We still have two "desirables" on the wiki page,
>   * "Add clone3 support for multiple architectures" - can we wrap this up
>     safely next week?
>     https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/list/?series=16730
>   * "Flip defaults for some security-relevant build configuration flags"
>     https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/list/?series=21908
>     The series consists of 4 patches. 2 (stack-protector-strong), 3
>     (bind-now) and 4 (disable-crypt) should be uncontroversial.
>     ## The list thread on 1 (autoconf-2.71) ended without a clear
>        conclusion. What's the status here? ##
>
>   Anything else?

I would like to make sure any necessary follow ups for tuning the
`non_temporal_threshold` on X86 machines gets into 2.38.
>
>
> - July 12-31, "hard ABI freeze"
>   * Noncritical bug fixes.
>   * No ABI changes without RM discussion.
>   * High risk bug fixes should be discussed on the list.
>
>
> - August 1
>   * glibc 2.38 release
>
>
> If you have any comments or objections, please reply to the list.
>
> Cheers,
> Andreas
>
>
> --
> Andreas K. Hüttel
> dilfridge@gentoo.org
> Gentoo Linux developer
> (council, toolchain, base-system, perl, libreoffice)