[Buildroot] [PATCH] glibc: bump default to version 2.23

[Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>]

>>>>> "Gustavo" == Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar> writes:

 > On 2016-06-22 12:13, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
 >> Default to n-1 has been our tradition for gcc/binutils/glibc for ages.
 >> 
 >>> We're using latest uclibc-ng if it's suitable/for example.
 >> 
 >> Cause uclibc-ng doesn't evolve much beyond bug fixes at the moment, so
 >> there's not really a good reason to not use the latest version.
 >> 
 >> Thomas

 > Hi.
 > There are outstanding security bugs that haven't been patched in
 > buildroot for 22/23 yet which are fixed in the upcoming 24 release,
 > and 22 has fixes on top of 23 already.
 > And these patches need rebasing between 22 and 23, so i'd rather keep
 > moving forward with them than backward.
 > By introducing 23 as stable sooner in the development cycle rather
 > than later we can spot issues quicker while also avoiding unnecessary
 > work in backporting security patches across a broader spectrum.
 > Regards.

I don't have an issue as such with us more aggressively following glibc
development if we decide to do so, but this kind of information should
be included in the commit message.

-- 
Venlig hilsen,
Peter Korsgaard