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?
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