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=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,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 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 667CC20248 for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2019 05:09:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47475 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hDMX5-00052g-7Z for normalperson@yhbt.net; Mon, 08 Apr 2019 01:09:23 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:34325) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hDMX0-00050e-7a for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Apr 2019 01:09:19 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hDMTn-0006gd-1N for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Apr 2019 01:06:00 -0400 Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.68]:49282) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hDMTj-0006fX-73 for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Apr 2019 01:05:57 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F7D4161575; Sun, 7 Apr 2019 22:05:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id fcIdFn9geInJ; Sun, 7 Apr 2019 22:05:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77A97161643; Sun, 7 Apr 2019 22:05:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zimbra.cs.ucla.edu Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id DgfsuBtD78rN; Sun, 7 Apr 2019 22:05:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.9] (cpe-23-242-74-103.socal.res.rr.com [23.242.74.103]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4EE231608A5; Sun, 7 Apr 2019 22:05:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH] ISO 8601 basic format and decimal hours, minutes To: Assaf Gordon , Alex Eulenberg , bug-gnulib@gnu.org References: <20190219040013.14575-1-alex@rent-a-mind.com> <8e527169-6d2b-805b-157f-893f78d324ab@gmail.com> From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Message-ID: <6dacc9e4-61ea-7789-8d64-042316b3a90c@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 22:05:52 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <8e527169-6d2b-805b-157f-893f78d324ab@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 131.179.128.68 X-BeenThere: bug-gnulib@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Gnulib discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnulib-bounces+normalperson=yhbt.net@gnu.org Sender: "bug-gnulib" Assaf Gordon wrote: > Adding new accepted formats is good, > but rejecting (or changing the meaning of) currently-accepted formats > is a much more problematic decision due to breaking existing programs. > > I think that before continuing, it should be discussed and decided > whether this is acceptable or not (Paul, Jim?). I'd rather not reject existing valid input unless there's a good reason. Is there one? I didn't see one in the original proposal (admittedly I didn't read it word for word).