Debian Switching From Glibc To Eglibc

ceswiedler writes "Aurelien Jarno has just uploaded a fork of glibc called eglibc, which is targeted at embedded systems and is source- and binary-compatible with glibc. It has a few nice improvements over glibc, but the primary motivation seems to be that it's a 'more friendly upstream project' than glibc. Glibc's maintainer, Ulrich Drepper, has had a contentious relationship with Debian's project leadership; in 2007 the Debian Project Leader sent an email criticizing Drepper for refusing to fix a bug on glibc on the ARM architecture because in Drepper's words it was 'for the sole benefit of this embedded crap.'"

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I read the bug reports that he was pissed at

[cant_get_a_good_nick]

It seems to be a dick size war between him and Drepper. Not saying he's wrong to be pissed, but yanking your libc seems a bit much for a pissing match.

Re:A rant

[elfprince13]

3c3 No, it needs to be correct code. Even if ARM happens to be the only platform that currently exercises the bug, it is still a bug. Goddamn people, I swear we are getting as blase about fixing bugs as a Microsoft shop. There is no such thing as a good bug, a less important bug, etc. If it is a bug and someone has a patch for it, you APPLY THE DAMNED PATCH. If you have a problem with the patch you write a better patch. Not patching at all is never the answer.

Re:At Least It's Egier to Use and Less Glib

[Profane MuthaFucka]

I wonder why he's not the new Reiser maintainer.

Let's just hope he doesn't buy a honda with one seat taken out.