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Re: glibc tarballs available
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> Section: "Obtaining the source"
>> http://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/HomePage
>
> i dont think we should do this haphazardly ... in other words, someone who is
> "trusted" (like you Carlos) needs to download the source tarballs and verify
> that they match exactly what is in cvs (or one of the snapshots). then you
> can sign the binary and send that to Brett to mirror along side the tarballs.
I've updated the wiki to reflect which sources are official and which
are unofficial and provided for convenience. Thanks.
The process you describe sounds great. Would you like to volunteer to
do the verification and signing?
> that said, i dont see why people insist on creating snaps themselves. we
> already have perfectly good snaps (that were created with accepted methods)
> being generated and posted weekly. that is what Gentoo is using for glibc-2.8
> -- one of the snaps created automatically.
Where are these snapshots located? I am not aware of them.
Cheers,
Carlos.