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