[Mageia-dev] GCC and GLIBC plans for mga3

Mon Jun 11 14:14:01 CEST 2012

+Hi,
+
+here is my current plan for landing new GLIBC and GCC on Cauldron.
+
+GCC-4.7.1 is currently in RC stage and will be finalized by end of
+this week if no release-critical bugs shows up.
+
+
+So after it is actually released I plan to start working on
+upgrading  it, probably around the end of next week...
+(and I will probably sync up with later 4.7.x if released in
+  good time before mga3)
+
+
+Now this upstream GCC timeline matches somewhat the GLIBC one.
+
+GLIBC 2.15.1 release is scheduled for end of this month.
+
+GLIBC 2.16.0 release is scheduled for beginning of next month.
+
+Because of this I have plans to skip 2.15 and go straight for
+2.16 (and sync up with 2.16.x ~november '12) for mga3 if it
+works better in the tests than the mess called 2.15.
+
+And so far 2.16 seems to be shaping up nicely.
+(yes I know 2.17 is sheduled ~november '12 too, but going
+  by past glibc schedules and releases I think it will be
+  too late for mga3 as I want a very stable core package)
+
+
+So if we try to "merge" theese schedules somewhat, both new
+gcc and glibc should be available ~mid/end july and after
+that we should plan for a full rebuild of Cauldron.
+
+
+Comments? Objections?
+
+Does this sound like a good plan?
+
+--
+Thomas
+