From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAED1207E4 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2017 03:45:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1434802AbdDZDpm (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:45:42 -0400 Received: from mail-pf0-f171.google.com ([209.85.192.171]:33671 "EHLO mail-pf0-f171.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1433167AbdDZDpj (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:45:39 -0400 Received: by mail-pf0-f171.google.com with SMTP id a188so35597770pfa.0 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:45:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=FK8/2Cg5M6hEYhu9O2jX0fIn73fFhyo6FdB+Bb7IHvU=; b=csaqc6FTiOUTSuNH2VUa/O8ErqX8KYrA2YiOKeudOsCAxL79v3bTaHfHObuLT6+ruL bhOZxirmircEBsnU2vgTLaAoGqHqdDLj8cIsyqerwtqSlcmB1GP0OerM4R+Dy0D6oflB Je0x91ikJkZBYp3gvs4FcPG2Px/CjSOiTPNc42u/IbrMKmYC8yxAomyKS4ktzoc3YSg8 7HIE3ZoCaPlrdmWZ8Y0+UKExKeEySStnADhxQLJcirvXcS8lUruSZaFxcIoJewek/Tlx h8d9jCTdEpA4nC44vAFtN5+zI/0FX8gsZjt4gecyroZaeQLgxd9iy+DH5qUwvMkf3R3t Ix1w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=FK8/2Cg5M6hEYhu9O2jX0fIn73fFhyo6FdB+Bb7IHvU=; b=bF3fO99ZoZLNCoLuNvue4coNpyJ8k6KYbAXvCEtWqip1OXlj9DXcZjMelgcDtn4JeA 60lLH3cdM/kbnd8MU4/vySdgDKIyYhd0Sf31u1+ADT01bqbiHQc1gOKGrYAHrbpD1CZZ 3pDTvINCzC0P2a5I2kSQx4+K4SVQ7hH9DMW8koraYjsLVJ+ZJ1Dk9TpztE3/6Q7DKd74 +geyid57WAug/342Cq+7lB9pGS2d7LyPPEefh6ASFUl5Q/ePmCxu37fvVHCy1Io05GxZ B8mGyaDr/rSZVjaY+cs67KbMhqo+aVvhd4Z5cA3CpC2a4Ez+V62VPKERIX9YvpqdlcdS Taow== X-Gm-Message-State: AN3rC/5NmdaEyVnvuFRbVvovpkxhJ5P3BHBM2R1ERdait1WREJl+BbhG D7x2ibRskDCqLA== X-Received: by 10.98.29.86 with SMTP id d83mr31208544pfd.68.1493178339203; Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:45:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([2620:0:1000:8622:3179:d004:20b:b383]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id y78sm38875914pff.107.2017.04.25.20.45.38 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:45:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Johannes Schindelin Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Torsten =?utf-8?Q?B=C3=B6gershausen?= Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 8/9] Use uintmax_t for timestamps References: Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:45:37 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Tue, 25 Apr 2017 18:52:23 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.91 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Junio C Hamano writes: > Johannes Schindelin writes: > >> In any case, it is a question unrelated to the work I performed in this >> patch series: the raison d'être of these patches is to allow timestamps to >> refer to dates that are currently insanely far in the future. > > Yes, but the job of the maintainer is to prevent narrow-focused > individual contributors from throwing us into a hole we cannot dig > out of by closing the door for plausible future enhancements. Having said that, IIRC, this series does not tighten the existing code to specifically check for integer wrap-around anyway, so in a sense, users who use a timestamp that is in an insanely distant future is already accepting the risk of getting broken in the future, so my answer to the question I asked is "it would be extra nice to future-proof people's data, but not doing anything is probably OK---at least we is not making things worse."