• The GNU C Library is moving from Sourceware

    From LWN.net@86:200/23 to All on Wed Jan 28 06:40:08 2026
    GNU C Library maintainer Carlos O'Donell has announced
    that the project will be moving its core services away from Sourceware in favor of services hosted
    at the Linux Foundation.

    While it was clear to the GNU Toolchain leadership that
    requirements were coming to improve the toolchain cyber-security
    posture, these requirements were not clear to all project
    developers. As part of receiving this feedback we have worked to
    document and define a secure development policy for glibc and at a
    higher level the GNU Toolchain. While Sourceware has started
    making some critical technical changes, the GNU Toolchain still
    faces serious, systemic concerns about securing a global, highly
    available service and building a sustainable, diverse sponsorship
    model.

    This has been a long-running discussion; see this 2022 article for some background.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1056206/
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