[gentoo-dev] Its time to mask sys-libs/uclibc

[gentoo-dev] Its time to mask sys-libs/uclibc

[Anthony G. Basile]

Hi everyone,

So if anyone has been following uclibc, you know that its development
stalled with its last official release in 2012 (https://uclibc.org/).
It was forked into uclibc-ng (https://uclibc-ng.org/) which has been
actively maintained since.  All my uclibc work has been done using
sys-libs/uclibc-ng although the profile names still retain /uclibc/ in them.

Its time to mask and remove sys-libs/uclibc in favor of
sys-libs/uclibc-ng.  This email is just an alert to the community that
I'm going to do that soon.

I'm not even sure a news item is needed here.  What do people think?  If
you think so, who do I even direct it at?

-- 
Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D.
Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened]
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Its time to mask sys-libs/uclibc

[Matthias Maier]

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018, at 10:01 CST, "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@gentoo.org> wrote:

> [...]

> I'm not even sure a news item is needed here.  What do people think?  If
> you think so, who do I even direct it at?

If there is no action needed on user side and an upgrade and migration
from uclibc to uclibc-ng happens automatically, I'd say no news item is
necessary.

Further, seeing "uclibc-ng" being emerged and "uclibc" unmerged should
be pretty self explanatory.

Best,
Matthias

Re: [gentoo-dev] Its time to mask sys-libs/uclibc

[Anthony G. Basile]

On 2/23/18 11:22 AM, Matthias Maier wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2018, at 10:01 CST, "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 
>> [...]
> 
>> I'm not even sure a news item is needed here.  What do people think?  If
>> you think so, who do I even direct it at?
> 
> If there is no action needed on user side and an upgrade and migration
> from uclibc to uclibc-ng happens automatically, I'd say no news item is
> necessary.
> 
> Further, seeing "uclibc-ng" being emerged and "uclibc" unmerged should
> be pretty self explanatory.
> 
> Best,
> Matthias
> 

I already sent a news item for migrating uclibc -> uclibc-ng some years
ago.  After 6 years, anyone still on uclibc has a seriously broken
system.  I doubt migration is even possible at this point.

-- 
Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D.
Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened]
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