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Huettel" Cc: libc-alpha@sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-17.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_MED,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,ENV_AND_HDR_SPF_MATCH,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE,USER_IN_DEF_DKIM_WL,USER_IN_DEF_SPF_WL autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On Mon, Jan 1, 2024 at 5:18=E2=80=AFAM Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > > Hi all, > > first of all, a happy new year to all of you. Let us hope for a more peac= eful 2024. > > We follow for the upcoming glibc 2.39 the same schedule as usual. > > - January 1-11, "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. > > The planning section of our 2.39 wiki page lists at the moment the follow= ing items: > https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Release/2.39#Planning > > * Release blockers > - Revert to original qsort implementation and apply subsequent mergesor= t changes with heapsort as fallback. > Attempts to make changes to qsort have shown deep application dep= endencies on undocumented behaviour. > In order to preserver application compatibility we need to revert= the less conservative changes. > It would be good to revert to the original known state and then c= opy in some of the final changes. > - AArch64 SME support https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/li= st/?series=3D28136 > * Desirable this release? > - Add clone3 support for multiple architectures (mips and arm missing) > - Remove ia64-linux-gnu > - Implement C23 > > Please update what is in the meantime done / obsolete / ..., ideally with= links to the commits or bugs. > > What else should we add here that still needs to go into 2.39? (speaking not as a glibc maintainer [or even user!], but as someone who aims for source compatibility where possible...) what's the status of the riscv64 ifunc stuff? > - January 12-31, "hard ABI freeze" > * Noncritical bug fixes. > * No ABI changes without RM discussion. > * High risk bug fixes should be discussed on the list. > > - February 1 > * glibc 2.39 release > > If you have any comments or objections, please reply to the list. > > Cheers, > Andreas > > -- > Andreas K. H=C3=BCttel > dilfridge@gentoo.org > Gentoo Linux developer > (council, comrel, toolchain, base-system, perl, libreoffice) > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Dilfridge