* Carlos O'Donell: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 2:14 PM Ben Cotton <bcot...@redhat.com> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 2:07 PM Ben Cotton <bcot...@redhat.com> wrote: >> > >> > == Contingency Plan == >> > * Contingency mechanism: If glibc 2.34 provides too disruptive to >> > compiling the distribution we could revert to 2.33, but given that >> > Rawhide has started tracking glibc 2.34, no show-stopper problems are >> > expected. At this point, we can still revert to upstream version 2.33 >> > if insurmountable problems appear, but to do so may require a mass >> > rebuild to remove new symbols from the ABI/API. >> > * Contingency deadline: Upstream glibc ABI freeze deadline of 2021-07-01. >> > >> I notice that the listed contingency deadline is two days from now, so >> it will have passed before this even makes it to FESCo for vote. Is >> that date correct? > > The date is flexible. But undoing the ABI changes requires a mass rebuild.
And due to the extensive nature of the ABI changes, we would need around ten business days to create a dual-ABI glibc that supports the new (2.34) ABI, but linking against it results in the old (2.33) ABI. Thanks, Florian _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
