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Re: If glibc had a logo what would it be?


From: William Pitcock <nenolod@dereferenced.org>
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:37:07 -0600

> On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 11:12 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
>> From: William Pitcock <nenolod@dereferenced.org>
>> Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 23:04:45 -0600
>>
>>> No.  The arrogance is very well-documented.
>>
>> Nothing is more arrogant than telling volunteers how to spend their
>> time.
> 
> Which is precisely what GLIBC developers do when they force them to
> continue providing stubs for strlcpy() and strlcat().

The implication is that these developers were somehow forced to use
strlcpy() instead of the alternatives.

They were not.


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