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Re:Glibc sysdeps: dl_platform detection effectively performs... by jlg23 on Sunday September 08, 2019 @06:37AM (#20909673)
> But I'm not sure that a back-and-forth war of self-serving patches is very productive or serves anyone very well.

In large FOSS projects you have enough eyes on those patches to ensure they actually converge towards some (unbiased) optimum.

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Re:Glibc sysdeps: dl_platform detection effectively performs... by alacombe on Sunday September 08, 2019 @02:52PM (#20912554)
That's a myth. When was the last time you reviewed the technical aspect of heavily specific platform code in the glibc ?
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Re:Glibc sysdeps: dl_platform detection effectively performs... by jlg23 on Sunday September 08, 2019 @07:05PM (#20913945)
about 3 months ago, in a code audit.
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