From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS22989 209.51.188.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6DAAB1F461 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2019 23:25:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:45616 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hkd0Z-0006Pv-0u for normalperson@yhbt.net; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 19:25:20 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35402) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hkd0Q-0006M5-6P for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 19:25:11 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hkd0O-00063o-TK for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 19:25:10 -0400 Received: from mo6-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de ([2a01:238:20a:202:5300::9]:19274) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hkd0O-00062i-84 for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 19:25:08 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1562628300; s=strato-dkim-0002; d=clisp.org; h=References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From: X-RZG-CLASS-ID:X-RZG-AUTH:From:Subject:Sender; bh=yUN6J533HnyBnqHsYHSE5BAjbrBBFWrnMdpkeI73e6I=; b=IaGR9Wj53rqgk6cnP6zUcdJAYn1R+Mr7B4cHrnbOb/raac8ft67h3wx/f1+Bz/xLsy jMz3l/HIVi9jhMyu49wqqBYCGzLP5D7wrU15xFAMJP8SvdoGfMIK7GvNCoNm8SMD/I+M NFG69K6DZVO+MKDO3hpDzTjXvomV0i7bBDkLqMxzggPMCdAieWyhAj+WHrk9usirZYIE 81fLhQ5kLN5UVUPsX8ULMawahqWcixfJTUKlRaY9Fn13LxX7c2zeAfYndGByAkCSWWBj xp2w1LcO75Z1bnoDA3BEOtVYZL/bqW1B4mgicoxlHsDg64DVoAZMUC+ah5nnWefgXAdW HR3A== X-RZG-AUTH: ":Ln4Re0+Ic/6oZXR1YgKryK8brlshOcZlIWs+iCP5vnk6shH+AHjwLuWOGaf0zJZW" X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo00 Received: from bruno.haible.de by smtp.strato.de (RZmta 44.24 DYNA|AUTH) with ESMTPSA id v018bcv68NOujDf (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (curve secp521r1 with 521 ECDH bits, eq. 15360 bits RSA)) (Client did not present a certificate); Tue, 9 Jul 2019 01:24:56 +0200 (CEST) From: Bruno Haible To: "Tom G. Christensen" Subject: Re: Remove support for old Solaris threads Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 01:24:56 +0200 Message-ID: <3102336.hqH070dEGe@omega> User-Agent: KMail/5.1.3 (Linux/4.4.0-151-generic; KDE/5.18.0; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <9ee84716-f8d9-4add-e8d8-b67038789cbe@jupiterrise.com> References: <8954166.HdCVRHMRbA@omega> <9ee84716-f8d9-4add-e8d8-b67038789cbe@jupiterrise.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2a01:238:20a:202:5300::9 X-BeenThere: bug-gnulib@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Gnulib discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: bug-gnulib@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnulib-bounces+normalperson=yhbt.net@gnu.org Sender: "bug-gnulib" Hi Tom, > the gnulib POSIX thread support has been unbuildable on Solaris < 7. > > Just to see what state it's in on Solaris 2.6 I changed the witness back > to pthread_cancel ... We just this week changed the documentation to state that Solaris < 9 is unsupported. [1] Support by Oracle for Solaris 2.6 ended in 2006. That is, 13 years ago. [2] For this reason, I don't think anyone is still using such a system for productive purposes. The purpose of Gnulib is to allow software developers on various operating systems to work together as a single community, rather than as distinct communities that don't benefit each other. For this purpose, it is not necessary to support operating systems which have a zero-sized developer community. Bruno [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2019-07/msg00030.html [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_(operating_system)#Version_history