Post #3660977

I think long term, glibc needs to be adapted to be more like Window's libc - Specifically, able to load older versions of itself based on what the binary asks for, basically maintaining the API surface. That's why software compiled targeting Windows 95 can work on Windows 11. glibc's current architecture is hostile to software that is closed source, or for software where the source code has been lost somehow, but but binaries continue to exist. I'm not an open source absolutist. I am fine with closed source software. Software houses are going to be a lot more on board to support desktop Linux if they don't have to deal with glibc updates, and can ship their software and know that as long as the dependencies are met, it will just work. Right now that's not a given, and can effect not just lateral (time) but horizontal (distros).