[Buildroot] Is uClibc dead?

[Buildroot] Is uClibc dead?

[Grant Edwards]

I recently decided to check to see what changes had been made to
uClibc since the 4 year old version we're using in our product.  So I
went to https://uclibc.org.

After jumping through hoops because all the SSL certificates are
invalid/expired I see under latest news:

  15 May 2012, uClibc 0.9.33.2 Released

  uClibc-0.9.33.2 was released today. 

Odd... no releases for four years?

Is uClibc abandoned?

I see that buildroot now uses uclibc-ng which, according Wikipedia, is

  "a spin-off of uClibc that regularly provides a stable and tested
   release, which is more suitable for different software development
   processes."

So... processes different than what?

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[Buildroot] Is uClibc dead?

[Vicente Olivert Riera]

+CC Waldemar

On 12/05/16 16:08, Grant Edwards wrote:
> I recently decided to check to see what changes had been made to
> uClibc since the 4 year old version we're using in our product.  So I
> went to https://uclibc.org.
> 
> After jumping through hoops because all the SSL certificates are
> invalid/expired I see under latest news:
> 
>   15 May 2012, uClibc 0.9.33.2 Released
> 
>   uClibc-0.9.33.2 was released today. 
> 
> Odd... no releases for four years?
> 
> Is uClibc abandoned?
> 
> I see that buildroot now uses uclibc-ng which, according Wikipedia, is
> 
>   "a spin-off of uClibc that regularly provides a stable and tested
>    release, which is more suitable for different software development
>    processes."
> 
> So... processes different than what?
> 

[Buildroot] Is uClibc dead?

[Waldemar Brodkorb]

Hi Grant,
Grant Edwards wrote,

> I recently decided to check to see what changes had been made to
> uClibc since the 4 year old version we're using in our product.  So I
> went to https://uclibc.org.
> 
> After jumping through hoops because all the SSL certificates are
> invalid/expired I see under latest news:
> 
>   15 May 2012, uClibc 0.9.33.2 Released
> 
>   uClibc-0.9.33.2 was released today. 
> 
> Odd... no releases for four years?

Yes. That was the reason for uClibc-ng.
 
> Is uClibc abandoned?

Hard to tell as the maintainer does not respond anymore.
 
> I see that buildroot now uses uclibc-ng which, according Wikipedia, is
> 
>   "a spin-off of uClibc that regularly provides a stable and tested
>    release, which is more suitable for different software development
>    processes."
> 
> So... processes different than what?

I am not sure what the wikipedia editor is meaning.

If you have a more clear description, feel free to update ;)

uClibc-ng is a try to revive uClibc. There are not many new features
or hardware platforms supported, as there is a lack of developers
and contributors. I have support for NDS32 architecture in the
queue, but I need to resolve some LTP problems first, to have some
proof that the port is working good.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

best regards
 Waldemar