Calling it an "abortion joke" is a politicized headline.
It's a political/protest joke, maybe.
Either way, the glibc documentation is not the ideal place for it.
Who controls glibc?
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Re: Who controls glibc?
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#13I don't get it
If additional context is needed: this was in the documentation for the `abort()` function
Re: Who controls glibc?
#14Email thread: https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2018-05/msg00001.html That gets a bit whacky when RMS asserts control over glibc as the GNU project maintainer and asks them to add it back: https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2018-05/msg00149.html
The email thread is far more interesting/informative. I would argue it would be a better link for the main headline.
I disagree. Neither one of those links actually show the 'joke' that was removed.
Re: Who controls glibc?
#15Email thread: https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2018-05/msg00001.html That gets a bit whacky when RMS asserts control over glibc as the GNU project maintainer and asks them to add it back: https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2018-05/msg00149.html
Is there a mirror somewhere? Sourceware seems to be getting HN'd
Re: Who controls glibc?
#16Email thread: https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2018-05/msg00001.html That gets a bit whacky when RMS asserts control over glibc as the GNU project maintainer and asks them to add it back: https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2018-05/msg00149.html
"If you would like me to change it, it is up to you to convince me to change my decision."
Was he convinced? Or was the change made against his wishes?
Re: Who controls glibc?
#17I don't get it
If additional context is needed: this was in the documentation for the `abort()` function
I think this is it [0]? Has it been changed since this discussion, or was it not removed? I honestly don't get the joke.
[0] https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Aborting-...
Re: Who controls glibc?
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Re: Who controls glibc?
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
If additional context is needed: this was in the documentation for the `abort()` function
I think this is it [0]? Has it been changed since this discussion, or was it not removed? I honestly don't get the joke. [0] https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Aborting-...
That's it. It's a stupid joke.
Re: Who controls glibc?
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