From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.lib.musl.general/3585 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rich Felker Newsgroups: gmane.linux.lib.musl.general Subject: Re: Request for volunteers Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 22:54:40 -0400 Message-ID: <20130709025439.GN29800@brightrain.aerifal.cx> References: <20130630055202.GA16580@brightrain.aerifal.cx> <1372961106.6645.3@driftwood> <20130708144558.GG29800@brightrain.aerifal.cx> Reply-To: musl@lists.openwall.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1373338493 31155 80.91.229.3 (9 Jul 2013 02:54:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 02:54:53 +0000 (UTC) To: musl@lists.openwall.com Original-X-From: musl-return-3589-gllmg-musl=m.gmane.org@lists.openwall.com Tue Jul 09 04:54:53 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gllmg-musl@plane.gmane.org Original-Received: from mother.openwall.net ([195.42.179.200]) by plane.gmane.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UwO4q-0008Qg-OW for gllmg-musl@plane.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Jul 2013 04:54:52 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 31764 invoked by uid 550); 9 Jul 2013 02:54:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact musl-help@lists.openwall.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Original-Received: (qmail 31756 invoked from network); 9 Jul 2013 02:54:52 -0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130708144558.GG29800@brightrain.aerifal.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.linux.lib.musl.general:3585 Archived-At: On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 10:45:59AM -0400, Rich Felker wrote: > > Ohio LinuxFest's call for papers is open until Monday: > > I wish we'd noticed a few days sooner. I've been thinking about > submitting a proposal for a talk, especially since the timing is so > good (September 13-15), but I'm having trouble coming up with a good > topic. > > My leaning so far is to propose something related to the state of > library quality on Linux, dealing with both libc (the issues in glibc > and uclibc that lead to musl, and how glibc has been improving since > then) and non-system libraries that play a core role on modern Linux > systems (glib, etc.) and how they impact robustness (abort!) and > portability. > > The idea is that it could be mildly promotional for musl, but also a > chance to promote proper library practices, possibly my definition of > "library-safe" (if we work out a good one), etc. I proposed a talk along these lines today before the deadline. Hoping it gets accepted. Rich