dietlibc

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 03/01/2013 11:20 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:46:52 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote:
>
>> Matthew Miller wrote:
>>> Historical footnote: I believe it was initially added to help squeeze the
>>> boot portion of Anaconda onto floppy disks. If the things you list are
>>> really the only things using it, I think it's time to retire it
>>> completely.
>>
>> The package was actually imported by Enrico in 2005.
>> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/dietlibc.git/log/?ofs=150
>>
>> If what you say is correct, that would mean it was already retired and he
>> resurrected it.
>
> I must admit that I've forgotten what review procedure had been used
> in 2005. Only have found this odd thread:
>
>    RFE: dietlibc review
>    http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2005-May/msg00683.html
>
> Who remembers the details?

I just found this: 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2005-March/msg00060.html

I also vaguely recall some controversial reviews, where Enrico insisted 
on using dietlibc instead of glibc for "performance reasons".

Ralf