Re: News item about ABI change

[Marcus Brinkmann]

On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 03:49:01AM +0200, Wolfgang Jährling wrote:
> Marcus, if you don't like it, tell me within 12 hours; if you don't,
> I'll put this on the page. (That's a clever way to get a response fast,
> isn't it? =))

You got me :)
 
> We are currently finishing the transition from a stdio-based GNU C
> Library (glibc) to a libio-based one.  This is the result of not only
> five months of work, but a lot of changes we put into getting the system
> ready and, of course, the work that the glibc developers did to make
> glibc what it is.

Sounds a bit awkward, maybe split the last sentence up in two?
(And if Jeff wrote it that way, slap him with an english style book :)

> This change will have various advantages, for example libio has been
> tested more extensively, as it is also used by most GNU/Linux systems
> today.

s/today/for some time now/ ?

>  However, it also means a change in the Application Binary
> Interface (ABI) of glibc, thus you will need to reinstall an existing
> Debian GNU/Hurd system.  Upgrading has not been tested at all, so better
> do not expect it to work.  Also note that you will need to get some of
> the Debian packages from <A
> HREF="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian-libio/";>alpha.gnu.org</A>.
> Read the recent mailing list archives for details.

Looks fine for me.

Thanks,
Marcus

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