Received: by 2002:ad5:474a:0:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id i10csp8236189imu; Thu, 15 Nov 2018 08:31:39 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: AJdET5fSD+Ft2ZksfGMyzc5Lx/9tUSKbQ7EwzXWrT5qqnY7CjEzPYx2eX2e85X8j2H/yMszcjUI7 X-Received: by 2002:a63:f006:: with SMTP id k6mr6422902pgh.259.1542299499600; Thu, 15 Nov 2018 08:31:39 -0800 (PST) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1542299499; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=ibMFGX/VO5jdS0I47i2aKoy2dQPk3zvA7kMrmLMSyJrsSJHFUS6QubXh+KH1e0dAFO kHHjg1II2EXTsjY5HWxbP7KCSfk9ybiglL56QqDC6Yi8eyxrR1XaQBxB4jahNoCmfb/4 iEPTNInR3DSi/qkRWs8yNTQa97boR6M6pttaJ1ErlOCeBdqUSDoLoG9b0ZHCextcVe0I etMbvbRw06xWkiNZLffCSoHhcG/ghZ/yJ9OCsqtvAME5LFB5MSCtqhVWyMLlQuL5/BVu ZAMJEXXd0MStSuI+Z/XOxb8o+MFYFDJOV53URsH0rVGXl+dsiNkNVk3wkUjL7yX54Tce db/w== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=list-id:precedence:sender:mime-version:user-agent:references :message-id:in-reply-to:subject:cc:to:from:date; bh=lOwcTYjhtWeTCTL314AA/r4t84TfOhQ9qWRxg1epq5I=; b=zxpO9g3p9T+NS2Cb8u9TfsE2C5kWtsUbc2MUKNoNH4Gr/aZaRmS0El8K/6gQtAsn0V jj5iw36nwk4NP1KehgmF/L0sxforMcwZ5/jOcvUnpslJQPtrJlTC1xkNlEe6W5Z3WHhq QTw9rVSDOat6IMzArQ5Pp6ErEgCyZKI5VDg4ki6KR85CUUYOq79z7xZaYAGxtJOVOUGP yuiDA31XYha/iVPEmFusTaBoxIFpntjBi4p+s4FLa+SJ4KZxFRG99cp5j9Y9hx/VRPPP X/XML6jKew9ngMsFVw4vyIR/9KNkeVJZ+DEV5fkZnoHZFHBtscZABa5Ydcpt4Pa450YH e0YQ== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Return-Path: Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org. [209.132.180.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id b5-v6si27556838ple.64.2018.11.15.08.31.07; Thu, 15 Nov 2018 08:31:39 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.132.180.67; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2388395AbeKPCiX (ORCPT + 99 others); Thu, 15 Nov 2018 21:38:23 -0500 Received: from relay1.mentorg.com ([192.94.38.131]:52167 "EHLO relay1.mentorg.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726910AbeKPCiW (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Nov 2018 21:38:22 -0500 Received: from nat-ies.mentorg.com ([192.94.31.2] helo=SVR-IES-MBX-03.mgc.mentorg.com) by relay1.mentorg.com with esmtps (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:256) id 1gNKWZ-00040r-Fd from joseph_myers@mentor.com ; Thu, 15 Nov 2018 08:29:47 -0800 Received: from digraph.polyomino.org.uk (137.202.0.90) by SVR-IES-MBX-03.mgc.mentorg.com (139.181.222.3) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1320.4; Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:29:43 +0000 Received: from jsm28 (helo=localhost) by digraph.polyomino.org.uk with local-esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1gNKWV-000796-56; Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:29:43 +0000 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:29:43 +0000 From: Joseph Myers X-X-Sender: jsm28@digraph.polyomino.org.uk To: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" CC: Daniel Colascione , Szabolcs Nagy , Dave P Martin , nd , Florian Weimer , "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" , linux-kernel , Joel Fernandes , Linux API , Willy Tarreau , Vlastimil Babka , Carlos O'Donell , "libc-alpha@sourceware.org" Subject: Re: Official Linux system wrapper library? In-Reply-To: <20181115053026.GA20617@thunk.org> Message-ID: References: <877ehjx447.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> <875zx2vhpd.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> <20181113193859.GJ3505@e103592.cambridge.arm.com> <5853c297-9d84-86e5-dede-aa2957562c6b@arm.com> <20181115053026.GA20617@thunk.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (DEB 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Originating-IP: [137.202.0.90] X-ClientProxiedBy: SVR-IES-MBX-04.mgc.mentorg.com (139.181.222.4) To SVR-IES-MBX-03.mgc.mentorg.com (139.181.222.3) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 15 Nov 2018, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: > That's great. But is it or is it not true (either de jure or de > facto) that "a single active glibc developer" can block a system call > from being supported by glibc by objecting? And if not, under what is > the process by resolving a conflict? We use a consensus-building process as described at . -- Joseph S. Myers joseph@codesourcery.com