On 8/17/21 2:24 PM, Aaron Bauman wrote: > On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 01:27:45PM -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 7:40 AM Anthony G. Basile <bluen...@gentoo.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> Can I get feedback on the following news item? (BTW, thanks soap) >>> >>> Title: uClibc-ng retirement on 2023/01/01 >>> Author: Anthony G. Basile <bluen...@gentoo.org> >>> Posted: 2021-08-15 >>> Revision: 1 >>> News-Item-Format: 2.0 >>> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/uclibc/* >>> >>> uClibc-ng is mostly abandoned upstream, and since my RFC in Jan 2021, >>> noone has volunteered to step up maintenance or expressed interest in >>> the uClibc-ng profiles. With this announcement we last-rite the "uclibc" >>> profiles, which will be removed on 2023/01/01. For parties interested in >>> an alternative libc, consider moving to musl, which is supported. >> >> 2023? That seems like a pretty long time to wait to remove something >> that isn't very well supported right now. > > +1 > > While I have no involvement with uClibc-ng, it does seem awfully long > before removal. > > -Aaron >
How does 2022-08-01 sound? That's about 1 year. -- Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D. Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened] E-Mail : bluen...@gentoo.org GnuPG FP : 1FED FAD9 D82C 52A5 3BAB DC79 9384 FA6E F52D 4BBA GnuPG ID : F52D4BBA
