Editing Glibc (section)

===Steering committee===
Starting in 2001 the library's development had been overseen by a committee,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/ |title=glibc homepage |quote=In 2001 The GNU C Library Steering Committee ..., was formed and currently consists of Mark Brown, Paul Eggert, Andreas Jaeger, Jakub Jelinek, Roland McGrath and Andreas Schwab. |access-date=16 April 2014 |archive-date=22 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422061403/http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with Ulrich Drepper<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/ulrichdrepper |title=Ulrich Drepper |publisher=LinkedIn |access-date=2012-06-13 |archive-date=10 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910084037/http://www.linkedin.com/in/ulrichdrepper |url-status=live }}</ref> kept as the lead contributor and maintainer. The [[steering committee]] installation was surrounded by a public controversy, as it was openly described by Ulrich Drepper as a failed [[hostile takeover]] maneuver by [[Richard Stallman]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=online|first=heise|title=Open-Source-Entwickler kritisiert Stallman|url=https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Open-Source-Entwickler-kritisiert-Stallman-48836.html|access-date=2021-09-16|website=[[heise online]]|date=19 August 2001|language=de|archive-date=16 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916142850/https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Open-Source-Entwickler-kritisiert-Stallman-48836.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2000-06/msg00180.html|title=RMS is at it again|first=Ulrich|last=Drepper|date=2000-06-26|access-date=2015-11-20|quote=''A few weeks ago RMS started the next attack on me (a single mail, followed by indirect tries to take influence, followed by another mail today). The essence is that he complains I am not following "GNU policies" and therefore have to be replaced by a steering committee of which I could be a part. Some of you (namely Roland and Andreas S.) probably know about this since he proposed both as other members of the committee. In addition there was Mark Brown listed (I know somebody of this name at IBM who would also fit in this group but I'm not sure whether it is really him.) Anyhow, I completely reject this. It is not helping at all, the opposite is true. First, I am not aware of any essential policies I'm violating. The only ones are that I'm not following orders from RMS which clearly have political intends (which is of course a sacrilege) and possibly that I do not care about Winblowz (if the latter counts at all). None of this will change in any way.''|publisher=sourceware.org|archive-date=28 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228210747/http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2000-06/msg00180.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-announce/2001/msg00000.html |title=glibc 2.2.4 |first=Ulrich |last=Drepper |date=2001-08-15 |access-date=2015-11-29 |publisher=sourceware.com |quote=''And now for some not so nice things. Stallman recently tried what I would call a hostile takeover of the glibc development. He tried to conspire behind my back and persuade the other main developers to take control so that in the end he is in control and can dictate whatever pleases him. This attempt failed but he kept on pressuring people everywhere and it got really ugly. In the end I agreed to the creation of a so-called "steering committee" (SC).'' |archive-date=9 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409074117/http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-announce/2001/msg00000.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://slashdot.org/story/01/08/19/2039211/rms-accused-of-attempting-glibc-hostile-takeover rms-accused-of-attempting-glibc-hostile-takeover] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801025406/https://slashdot.org/story/01/08/19/2039211/rms-accused-of-attempting-glibc-hostile-takeover |date=1 August 2020 }} on [[slashdot]].com on 19 August 2001</ref>

In March 2012, the steering committee voted to disband itself and remove Drepper in favor of a community-driven development process, with Ryan Arnold, Maxim Kuvyrkov, Joseph Myers, Carlos O'Donell, and Alexandre Oliva holding the responsibility of GNU maintainership (but no extra decision-making power).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The GNU C Library Steering Committee disbands – The H Open: News and Features |url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/The-GNU-C-Library-Steering-Committee-disbands-1484707.html |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=[[Heise (company)|H-Online]] |archive-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321065852/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/The-GNU-C-Library-Steering-Committee-disbands-1484707.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=McGrath|first=Roland|date=26 March 2012|title=glibc steering committee dissolving|url=https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2012-03/msg01038.html|access-date=2012-06-13|publisher=Sourceware.org|archive-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926010751/http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2012-03/msg01038.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Myers|first=Joseph S.|date=26 March 2012|title=GNU C Library development and maintainers|url=https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2012-03/msg01040.html|access-date=2012-06-13|publisher=Sourceware.org|archive-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926010751/http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2012-03/msg01040.html|url-status=live}}</ref>