Re: Happy New Year 2024 & Freeze for the upcoming glibc 2.39 release

[Adhemerval Zanella Netto <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>]

On 06/01/24 09:27, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
>>> * Release blockers
>>>   - Revert to original qsort implementation and apply subsequent mergesort changes with heapsort as fallback.
>>>         Attempts to make changes to qsort have shown deep application dependencies 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 copy in some of the final changes. 
>>
>> I just sent a new version [1], which should address the remarks Florian
>> has raised.
> 
> [1] https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/patch/20240102141500.3300552-1-adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org/
> 
> OK. Needs still review.
> (Maybe split it into two commits as suggested in the wiki text?)
> 
>>>   - AArch64 SME support https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/list/?series=28136 
>>
>> I already reviewed it and modules some minor nits it should ready to land.
> 
> Is in already, good.
> 
>>>   - Remove ia64-linux-gnu
>>
>> I am just warning Linux 6.7 to be officially release.  It might also require
>> some minor updates on the exported syscall numbers and some headers constants.
> 
> WFM.
> 
> Gentoo is one of the two(?) remaining distros with ia64 support, but we're not pushing
> for it to be kept.

Now that 6.7 has just been releases, I will send an updated version rebased
against master (mainly to handle the copyrights date from 2024) and this
would be version I indent to install before the release.

> 
>> Since we are aiming to implement all the remaining C23 bits, I would
>> like to add my floating-point round fixes as well [2]
> 
> https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/list/?series=28918
> 
> OK, needs still review.
> 
>> The fstat alpha/sparc64 fix for sure [3].  
> 
> OK, needs still review.
> 
>> I would like to add some gnulib
>> sync [4], but I can backport it if required as well.
> 
> https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/patch/20231023214527.3628194-1-adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org/
> 
> Let's try to include it. Needs still review.
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