Title: uClibc-ng retirement on 2022-01-01
Author: Anthony G. Basile <blueness@gentoo.org>
Posted: 2021-08-18
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uClibc-ng is mostly abandoned upstream, and since my RFC in Jan 2021,
no one has volunteered to step up maintenance or expressed interest in
the uClibc-ng profiles. With this announcement we last-rite the "uclibc"
profiles, which will be removed on 2022-01-01. For parties interested in
an alternative libc, consider moving to musl, which is supported.
Gentoo continues to wholeheartedly support musl and is focusing its
efforts in that area.
Resources:
- https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Hardened_musl
- https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/musl.git/ (overlay for patches)
- #gentoo-hardened (IRC channel on irc.libera.chat) for support and discussion