Re: Re: dietlibc

2013-05-08 Thread Jon Ciesla
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Frank Bergmann wrote: > On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 06:56:59AM -0500, Jon Ciesla wrote: > >On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Frank Bergmann <[1] > fedora-de...@tuxad.de> > >wrote: > > Hello, > > I freshly subscribed t

Re: Re: dietlibc

2013-05-08 Thread Frank Bergmann
On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 06:56:59AM -0500, Jon Ciesla wrote: >On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Frank Bergmann <[1]fedora-de...@tuxad.de> >wrote: > Hello, > I freshly subscribed this list after reading that dietlibc seems to be > unmaintaine

Re: Re: dietlibc

2013-05-08 Thread Jon Ciesla
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Frank Bergmann wrote: > Hello, > > I freshly subscribed this list after reading that dietlibc seems to be > unmaintained. > ( > http://mm3test.fedoraproject.org/hyperkitty/list/de...@mm3test.fedoraproject.org/thread/BP7LYYNGQA2DDTNFNS3EJXX3AGNZRN

Re: Re: dietlibc

2013-05-08 Thread Frank Bergmann
Hello, I freshly subscribed this list after reading that dietlibc seems to be unmaintained. (http://mm3test.fedoraproject.org/hyperkitty/list/de...@mm3test.fedoraproject.org/thread/BP7LYYNGQA2DDTNFNS3EJXX3AGNZRNAX/) What's the current status of dietlibc in Fedora and how can it be checked?

Re: dietlibc

2013-03-04 Thread Jon Ciesla
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Jon Ciesla wrote: > > I see no reason not to keep dietlibc around for development use, but I'd > > rather see packages use glibc. > > We agree then. But if we want to keep dietlibc, it needs to be fixed to &

Re: dietlibc

2013-03-04 Thread Jon Ciesla
g: > 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'

Re: dietlibc

2013-03-02 Thread Kevin Kofler
Jon Ciesla wrote: > I see no reason not to keep dietlibc around for development use, but I'd > rather see packages use glibc. We agree then. But if we want to keep dietlibc, it needs to be fixed to comply with the packaging guidelines and best practices, i.e.: * Shared library build

Re: dietlibc

2013-03-01 Thread Bill Nottingham
t; 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 > altern

Re: dietlibc

2013-03-01 Thread Toshio Kuratomi
5. > >>http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/dietlibc.git/log/?ofs=150 > >> > >>If what you say is correct, that would mean it was already retired and he > >>resurrected it. > > > >I must admit that I've forgotten what review procedure had be

Re: dietlibc

2013-03-01 Thread Jon Ciesla
gt; The package was actually imported by Enrico in 2005. >>> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/**cgit/dietlibc.git/log/?ofs=150<http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/dietlibc.git/log/?ofs=150> >>> >>> If what you say is correct, that would mean it was already retired and he >>>

Re: dietlibc

2013-03-01 Thread Ralf Corsepius
otten what review procedure had been used in 2005. Only have found this odd thread: RFE: dietlibc review http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2005-May/msg00683.html Who remembers the details? I just found this: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2005-March/msg

Re: dietlibc

2013-03-01 Thread Patrice Dumas
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 11:20:24AM +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > I must admit that I've forgotten what review procedure had been used > in 2005. Only have found this odd thread: > > RFE: dietlibc review > http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2005-May

Re: dietlibc

2013-03-01 Thread Michael Schwendt
dmit that I've forgotten what review procedure had been used in 2005. Only have found this odd thread: RFE: dietlibc review http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2005-May/msg00683.html Who remembers the details? -- Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) - Linux 3.7.9-201.fc18.x86_

Re: dietlibc

2013-02-28 Thread Kevin Kofler
Matthew Miller wrote: > Historical footnote: I believe it was initially added to help squeeze the > boot portion of Anaconda onto floppy disks. If the things you list are > really the only things using it, I think it's time to retire it > completely. The package was actually imported by Enrico in

Re: dietlibc

2013-02-28 Thread Matthew Miller
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:07:13PM +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: > (Do we really need a second libc in Fedora?). Historical footnote: I believe it was initially added to help squeeze the boot portion of Anaconda onto floppy disks. If the things you list are really the only things using it, I think it

dietlibc

2013-02-28 Thread Kevin Kofler
Hi, due to the Enrico Scholz saga, I realized that we have 4 packages in Rawhide which BuildRequire dietlibc: dhcp-forwarder-0:0.10-1902.fc19.src ip-sentinel-0:0.12-1901.fc19.src kismet-0:0.0.2011.03.R2-1603.fc18.src util-vserver-0:0.30.215+svn2929-1603.fc18.src There are 2 things that strike