Re: glibc 2.8 release on gnu.org?

["Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at systemhalted dot org>]

On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Brett Neumeier <bneumeier@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Carlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org> wrote:
>> This is my fault, I dropped the ball on the update. Bear with me
>> because I'm new to maintaining the glibc websites (sourceware/gnu).
>
> Ah! I am relieved to learn that someone is actually in charge of that.

Thank you. I just posted a patch to libc-alpha to update the website.

>>> I would therefore like to volunteer to become a maintainer of the
>>> glibc web page at gnu.org, and to create and distribute release
>>> tarballs. [..]
>> At present we already have a website maintainer, me, but I'm forgetful
>> so I appreciate graceful reminders.
>
> I hope my email counted as graceful.

It did. Thank you.

> On the subject of creating release tarballs, I have a follow-up
> question that I hope someone can answer: up through glibc release 2.7,
> there was a "glibc-libidn" add-on as well as the glibc-ports add-on.
> Is libidn still a valid add-on? If so, where might I find source for
> it? There aren't any references to it that I can find on the glibc
> wiki or in the FAQ.
>
> (As far as that goes, it's not clear to me what libidn is for in the
> first place. If someone could point me toward relevant information, I
> could put something about it on the wiki.)

It is included in the libc module under libidn.

I believe part of it is based on the GNU libidn implementation
documented here:

http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/

I know next to nothing about this.

Cheers,
Carlos.