Re: 2.31: < 2 weeks to go

[Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@gotplt.org>]

On 20/12/19 8:00 pm, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Siddhesh Poyarekar:
> 
>> Less than two weeks to go for 2.31 freeze.  I intend to announce a
>> freeze on 31st December around afternoon IST.  Here's a reminder that if
>> you'd like your patchset considered for inclusion during the freeze, it
>> needs to be in the blockers list on the release page[1].  Please cc me
>> in patch pings if you haven't been able to get reviews and need attention.
> 
> What should we do about the built-in system call tables?  I think it's
> desirable to have this in the release to get a well-defined system call
> profile after the the Y2038 changes.  Otherwise, there will be a lot of
> variance regarding the system calls glibc makes depending on which
> version of the kernel headers glibc was built with.
> 
>   <https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2019-12/msg00567.html>
> 
> The actual code changes (the first two patches) could go in before the
> build-many-glibcs.py changes have been reviewed.  I think the updating
> logic now follows Joseph's suggestion, but I don't know if the changes I
> did on build-many-glibcs.py are acceptable from a consistency/style
> perspective.

I took a quick look at the patches and the discussions earlier and it
looked to me like they're headed in the right direction.  Joseph, do you
agree?  If you don't have the bandwidth to do a full review, I can help
with that.

Siddhesh