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diff --git a/PROJECTS b/PROJECTS index b7272eee90..ea1c208161 100644 --- a/PROJECTS +++ b/PROJECTS @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Open jobs for finishing GNU libc: --------------------------------- -Status: October 1996 +Status: January 1997 If you have time and talent to take over any of the jobs below please contact <bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu> @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ contact <bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu> [ 1] Port to new platforms or test current version on formerly supported platforms. +**** See http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/porting.html for more details. + [ 2] Test compliance with standards. If you have access to recent standards (IEEE, ISO, ANSI, X/Open, ...) and/or test suites you @@ -31,6 +33,8 @@ contact <bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu> Implementation idea: use some functions from bash. +**** Somebody is working on this. Help may or may not be appreciated. + [ 5] Write `long double' versions of the math functions. This should be done in collaboration with the NetBSD and FreeBSD people. @@ -83,5 +87,15 @@ contact <bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu> [11] Rewrite utmp/wtmp functions to use database functions. This is much better than the normal flat file format. - Please contact bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu before starting to avoid - duplicated work. +**** There are plans for a new approach to this problem. Please contact + bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu before starting to work.) + + +[12] Several more or less small functions have to be written: + + + tcgetid() and waitid() from XPG4.2 + + grantpt(), ptsname(), unlockpt() from XPG4.2 + + getdate() from XPG4.2 + + fmtmsg() from SVID + + More information are available on request. |