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diff --git a/PROJECTS b/PROJECTS index dc0a6701e9..394b18efdf 100644 --- a/PROJECTS +++ b/PROJECTS @@ -110,32 +110,26 @@ contact <bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu> **** Almost done! -[10] Write AVL-tree based tsearch() et.al. functions. Currently only - a very simple algorithm is used. - There is a public domain version but using this would cause problems - with the assignment. - - -[11] Extend regex and/or rx to work with wide characters and complete +[10] Extend regex and/or rx to work with wide characters and complete implementation of character class and collation class handling. It is planed to do a complete rewrite. -[12] Write access function for netmasks, bootparams, and automount +[11] Write access function for netmasks, bootparams, and automount databases for nss_files and nss_db module. The functions should be embedded in the nss scheme. This is not hard and not all services must be supported at once. -[13] Rewrite utmp/wtmp functions to use database functions. This is much +[12] Rewrite utmp/wtmp functions to use database functions. This is much better than the normal flat file format. **** There are plans for a new approach to this problem. Please contact bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu before starting to work.) -[14] Several more or less small functions have to be written: +[13] Several more or less small functions have to be written: + tcgetid() and waitid() from XPG4.2 + grantpt(), ptsname(), unlockpt() from XPG4.2 @@ -145,7 +139,7 @@ contact <bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu> More information are available on request. -[15] We need to write a library for on-the-fly transformation of streams +[14] We need to write a library for on-the-fly transformation of streams of text. In fact, this would be a recode-library (you know, GNU recode). This is needed in several places in the GNU libc and I already have rather concrete plans but so far no possibility to start this. |