Releases/FeatureBuildId

= Add BuildID Support =

Summary

 * Make core dumps self-identifying enough to find the exact correct versions of all relevant binaries and debuginfo
 * Optimize debuginfo validation to avoid current whole-file checksumming

Owner

 * Name: RolandMcGrath

Current status

 * Targeted release:  Fedora 8
 * Last updated: 2007-10-04
 * Percentage of completion: 100%

User Experience
End users don't really notice an impact. The big help is that development tools will be more efficient in finding their debuginfo

Dependencies
Self-contained, but a fair number of tools need changing (see above)

Contingency Plan
Things have to continue to work whether or not they're built with the new information, so the contingency is just that this partially implemented.

Documentation
See above.

Release Notes
See above.