I’d guess I’d also ask the why not NewLib? Especially since Red Hat helps out with edk2….
Thanks, Andrew Fish > On Aug 4, 2021, at 4:03 AM, Leif Lindholm <l...@nuviainc.com> wrote: > > Hi Rebecca, > > I think the truth is we're a bit resigned about edk2-libc in general. > My view is it should be either maintained or deprecated (or replaced). > > And maintainership *should* mean at least keeping it up to date with > security fixes. > > I personally have no enthusiasm for the topic, but if there existed: > - An up-to-date codebase. > - A plan for keeping the coodbase up-to-date (as opposed to a plan to > keep the codebase up-to-date). > - At least a couple of maintainers. > I would have no objection to that existing under the TianoCore > umbrella. > > Best Regards, > > Leif > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 16:44:02 -0600, Rebecca Cran wrote: >> CC'ing the Tianocore stewards. >> >> >> I've had problems getting a recent patch committed just to make edk2-libc >> work against current edk2 master. >> >> Tianocore stewards: do we need new or additional maintainers for edk2-libc, >> or is there a plan to deprecate it? >> >> >> The current maintainers are listed as: >> >> StdLib, StdLibPrivateInternalFiles >> W: https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/StdLib >> M: Daryl McDaniel <edk2-li...@mc2research.org> >> M: Jaben Carsey <jaben.car...@intel.com> >> >> >> -- >> Rebecca Cran >> >> >> On 7/28/21 4:25 PM, tim.le...@insyde.com wrote: >>> I would point out that there was significant work on libc in the >> past (see https://github.com/andreiw/UefiToolsPkg) but never any >> help to upstream these fixes, including making sure that many Linux >> tools can easily be ported. I myself have used it to port several >> BSD utilities over, but each time there will little nits with the >> existing port and even small patches were returned with "no current >> maintainer" >>> >>> In terms of making other projects use libc, I think the other >>> objection was that it was never optimized for non-shell >>> usage. Other projects (lie >>> https://github.com/tianocore/edk2-staging/tree/CdePkg ) have tried >>> to remedy this, but never with source checked in. But it allows >>> support under PEI, DXE, etc. >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: devel@edk2.groups.io <devel@edk2.groups.io> On Behalf Of Rebecca Cran >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 8:34 AM >>> To: devel@edk2.groups.io; maciej.rab...@linux.intel.com >>> Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] "StdLibPkg" branch on edk2-staging >>> >>> Are you aware of the edk2-libc project at >>> https://github.com/tianocore/edk2-libc ? >>> >>> > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#78693): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/78693 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/84484790/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
