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Re: GNU C LIbrary 2.21 freeze date -- January 9th.
- From: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at redhat dot com>
- To: "Senkevich, Andrew" <andrew dot senkevich at intel dot com>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: "Zamyatin, Igor" <igor dot zamyatin at intel dot com>, "Melik-Adamyan, Areg" <areg dot melik-adamyan at intel dot com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 07:34:45 -0500
- Subject: Re: GNU C LIbrary 2.21 freeze date -- January 9th.
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On 01/07/2015 07:04 AM, Senkevich, Andrew wrote:
> what about to postpone freeze date?
>
> Intel has signed new copyright agreement with FSF and currently lawyer from FSF is working on finalization.
> As I know it must be ready very soon. Now it blocks libmvec patches series.
And now the question you should be expecting from me: How long do you need?
Please remember that glibc operates on time-boxed releases, with the goal
being to make frequent stable releases for the distributions to consume.
Are all of the libmvec patches in a state that they would be ready to commit
when the authorization from the FSF arrives?
Cheers,
Carlos.