Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: dropping support for uclibc-ng

2021-01-05 Thread Joshua Kinard
On 1/6/2021 01:08, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> I was using uclibc-ng builds for MIPS to build netboot images between 2017 >> and 2019 to refine my build processes. uclibc-ng still produces smaller >> overall binaries and libs for the netboot than musl does (usually ~1MB >> smaller, which is actually

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: dropping support for uclibc-ng

2021-01-05 Thread Thomas Mueller
> I was using uclibc-ng builds for MIPS to build netboot images between 2017 > and 2019 to refine my build processes. uclibc-ng still produces smaller > overall binaries and libs for the netboot than musl does (usually ~1MB > smaller, which is actually significant, especially on SGI IP22 systems).

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: dropping support for uclibc-ng

2021-01-05 Thread Joshua Kinard
On 1/5/2021 16:05, Anthony G. Basile wrote: > On 1/5/21 8:43 AM, Jaco Kroon wrote: >> Hi Thomas, >> >> On 2021/01/05 13:08, Thomas Mueller wrote: I'd like feedback from people about the possibility of dropping support for uclibc-ng. If you are unfamiliar, its the successor to uclibc as a

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: dropping support for uclibc-ng

2021-01-05 Thread Thomas Mueller
from "Anthony G. Basile" date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 16:05:44 -0500 > On 1/5/21 8:43 AM, Jaco Kroon wrote: > > Hi Thomas, > > On 2021/01/05 13:08, Thomas Mueller wrote: > >>> I'd like feedback from people about the possibility of dropping support > >>> for uclibc-ng. If you are unfamiliar, its the s

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: dropping support for uclibc-ng

2021-01-05 Thread Anthony G. Basile
On 1/5/21 8:43 AM, Jaco Kroon wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > On 2021/01/05 13:08, Thomas Mueller wrote: >>> I'd like feedback from people about the possibility of dropping support >>> for uclibc-ng. If you are unfamiliar, its the successor to uclibc as a >>> C Standard Library for embedded systems, ie a

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: dropping support for uclibc-ng

2021-01-05 Thread Jaco Kroon
Hi Thomas, On 2021/01/05 13:08, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> I'd like feedback from people about the possibility of dropping support >> for uclibc-ng. If you are unfamiliar, its the successor to uclibc as a >> C Standard Library for embedded systems, ie a replacement for glibc >> bloat. However, it

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: dropping support for uclibc-ng

2021-01-05 Thread Thomas Mueller
> I'd like feedback from people about the possibility of dropping support > for uclibc-ng. If you are unfamiliar, its the successor to uclibc as a > C Standard Library for embedded systems, ie a replacement for glibc > bloat. However, it is inferior to musl which serves the same purpose > and whi

[gentoo-dev] RFC: dropping support for uclibc-ng

2021-01-04 Thread Anthony G. Basile
Hi everyone, I'd like feedback from people about the possibility of dropping support for uclibc-ng. If you are unfamiliar, its the successor to uclibc as a C Standard Library for embedded systems, ie a replacement for glibc bloat. However, it is inferior to musl which serves the same purpose and