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Re: Release timelines: 2.15.1 and 2.16
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos_odonell at mentor dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, Jeff Law <jeff at redhat dot com>, "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:30:52 -0700
- Subject: Re: Release timelines: 2.15.1 and 2.16
- References: <4F887E62.5090506@mentor.com>
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Carlos O'Donell
<carlos_odonell@mentor.com> wrote:
> Community,
>
> The following is my opinion on release timelines for
> glibc.
>
> I think our current practice of time-based releases
> is the right process for a conservative community
> that doesn't frequently add new features.
>
> As the 2.15 release branch maintainer I'm aiming for
> 2.15.1 release to be out the end of April.
>
> I want to thank Joseph Myers for keeping me focused
> by asking me every day "When is 2.15 coming out?"
>
> I am volunteering to maintain 2.16 release branch,
> but I'd be happy to help out anyone else who would
> like to do the work and follow the documented process
> we have up on the wiki.
>
> The 2.16 release should continue to be coordinated
> with the Fedora release and that appears to be
> sometime in June.
>
> In summary:
>
> * 2.15.1 - ~End of april.
>
> * 2.16 - Coordinated with Fedora release, so ~June.
>
> If someone from Red Hat could respond regarding the
> Fedora timelines that would be great.
>
> Comments? Discussions? Thoughts?
>
I'd like to get x32 support into 2.16.
Thanks.
--
H.J.