On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Bill Nottingham <nott...@redhat.com> wrote:
> Toshio Kuratomi (a.bad...@gmail.com) said: > > I recalled this set of issues too from my previous time in fesco but I > > didn't find the meeting logs with the information. I did find this > meeting > > log: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SteeringCommittee/Meeting-20070531 > > > > where fesco voted to disallow static linking to dietlibc but deferred the > > question of linking to dietlibc at all. > > > > On that question, I would tend to agree with patrice's email that we've > > moved towards certain core systems being too core to let people use an > > alternative in Fedora (although alternatives may be provided). Examples > are > > kernel (no kmods) and C compiler (IIRC, there was discussion about > building > > with clang that resolved in at least a decision on the list to use gcc). > > > > There is a line somewhere as to what is "core enough" to warrant this > > treatment but I think it's reasonable to think that the libc > implementation > > falls on the same side as the C compiler. > > I'd agree here - note that these 4 were also packages maintained by > the former maintainer of dietlibc... it would reasonably be simple just > for the new maintainer to fix that as part of picking them up. > I've already tried it with kismet, ip-sentinel and dhcp-forwarder, with no observable issues. util-vserver is still orphaned. Paul, if you'd like me to handle dhcp-forwarder for you, let me know. -J > > Bill > -- > devel mailing list > devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel -- http://cecinestpasunefromage.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------ in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love -d. bowie
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