On Wed, 06 May 2009 11:21:34 -0500 Patrick Goetz <pgo...@mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
> Taking a page from Redhat's "let's break it if we can" upgrade > policy, Debian appears to be switching from glibc to eglibc: > > http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/8i8os/debian_is_switching_to_eglibc/ > > Of great concern is that this library is not guaranteed to be binary > compatible with glibc. I'm all for progress, not so much of a fan of > pointless changes that lead to regressions and broken code. > > What are Canonical's plans for 9.10+? Follow Debian into the abyss, > hoping for greener pastures in the Great Beyond? Does anyone think > maybe it's time to provide some stability for the > corporate/institutional IT folks who have stuck their necks out to > argue for open source solutions? > > Having seen this: http://blog.aurel32.net/?p=47 , it appears to be an attempt to fix things. Apparently the maintainer of glibc is not cooperative when things do break. Of course, all I am basing this on is the blog entry I read. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://counter.li.org/] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
