[yocto-ab] eglibc - move under yocto?

[Cherry, John]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Balister [mailto:philip at balister.org]
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 3:48 PM
> To: Cherry, John
> Cc: yocto-ab at yoctoproject.org
> Subject: Re: [yocto-ab] eglibc - move under yocto?
> 
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> On 09/26/2011 06:18 PM, Cherry, John wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > As  you may know, EGLIBC was created to be an embedded version of the
> GNU C Library (GLIBC).  It was developed to achieve some goals that
> were not possible via a server-based C library.  EGLIBC is intended
> specifically for embedded systems, so it would make sense for the
> EGLIBC project to move under the Yocto project.  So, the proposal on
> the table for the Yocto AB is to move the EGLIBC project under Yocto
> and to host the project at the Linux Foundation.
> >
> > The EGLIBC project was kicked off a few years ago with a set of four
> primary sponsors and Code Sourcery administering the development and
> management of the project.   The scope and usage of EGLIBC has
> obviously grown beyond these original members.  The EGLIBC project
> currently resides on CodeSourcery servers.   This proposal would move
> the EGLIBC repo and infrastructure from a CodeSourcery server to a
> Linux Foundation server and place it under the Yocto project.  The
> mailing lists and issue tracker could be maintained as is, or ported to
> the Yocto domain and the Yocto defect tracking system.  I would
> envision that the current maintainers would remain in their roles as
> EGLIBC maintainers, but that the Yocto advisory board would be able to
> appoint future maintainers as it makes sense.  The main benefits of
> moving EGLIBC under Yocto would be to expand the developer base for
> EGLIBC and to strengthen Yocto as the center of the embedded Linux
> universe.
> >
> > The proposal to move the EGLIBC project under Yocto obviously
> requires the approval of the Yocto AB.  If the Yocto AB approves, I'll
> put the wheels in motion to make the transition of EGLIBC from the
> CodeSourcery server to the Linux Foundation server.
> >
> > Feedback? Comments? Concerns?
> 
> Remind me, Mentor bought Codesourcery? I just want to make sure we all
> know who is who :)

Yes, thought that was pretty obvious.  Mentor bought CodeSourcery and CodeSourcery folks have been the primary maintainers of EGLIBC.  However, EGLIBC has always been an open source, community driven project.

> 
> My main concern are the maintainers and the eglibc community, are they
> OK with this?

The EGLIB community is primarily CodeSourcery and the four companies that sponsored the initial project.  Of course there are others as well, and we will need to do some due diligence to make sure this community is OK with the move.   In actuality, members of the community suggested the move!  :)

> 
> Other than that, I think it is a reasonable idea.
> 
> Philip