Re: [PATCH] deprecate libnsl (Version 3)

[Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>]

On Sat, 29 Oct 2016, Thorsten Kukuk wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> since I still got no feedback about the deprecation patches
> for sunrpc and libnsl and no try was made to get it into
> the last glibc version, I assume nobody is interested in
> really deprecating this old IPv4 only code to make it easier
> for other projects and users to switch to IPv6?

Could you give the URL for the latest patch versions, and for any relevant 
discussions that might indicate consensus, lack thereof or other relevant 
issues, when pinging a patch (and pings should be approximately weekly, 
including the URL every time, with patches updated if they no longer apply 
cleanly to current sources)?  Please make sure the latest version is 
self-contained with a full write-up explaining it so that there's no need 
to refer back to previous versions / other emails for an understanding of 
the change being made and the rationale for the change and the design used 
(and that it includes NEWS entries pointing to any relevant replacement 
libraries for users, etc.).

I suspect there's a lack of people familiar with the code and ready to 
judge desirability of the change, which makes it especially important to 
have a thorough self-contained explanation of everything included with the 
patch (the NEWS entries of course should have such information aimed at 
people building/using glibc so it's immediately obvious where they should 
go to get libnsl, libnss* etc. and what changes to their code they might 
need to use such replacements).

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com