Re: Next steps from GTI TAC meeting on 2023-03-08 - Evaluate cost of glibc migration.

Ian Kelling <[email protected]> Wed, 24 May 2023 17:53:35 -0400
Newsgroups org.linuxfoundation.lists.cti-tac
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Carlos O'Donell <[email protected]> writes:

> On 5/22/23 10:37, Ian Kelling wrote:
>> 
>> GNU already has a system for release uploads to https://ftp.gnu.org that
>> works very well and I help maintain it.
>
> Agreed, and I use it for glibc to upload release tarballs.
>
> However, the tarball release process is quite heavy-weight for release branch maintenance.
>
> In addition the downstreams sync from git release branch -> distro git to get the 
> rolling release updates.
>
> So all the other discussions about trusting git become relevant here.

Yes, that all makes sense to me.

- Ian