Re: Accelerating Y2038 glibc fixes

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>]

Dear Siddhesh,

In message <2a129837-9fe4-8f37-2b0d-2086a2f8253b@gotplt.org> you wrote:
>
> I haven't been involved in the Y2038 issue so I cannot comment on the
> content or quality of the patches or the way forward in that context.
> However I want to assure you that we're collectively trying our best to
> review patches that come on the list, just that there aren't enough
> hands to help.

Thanks for taking time to read and respond.

I never meant to suggest that you folks are not all trying to do
your best - belive me, I know such a situation very well.  I've been
long enough maintainer of a bigger FOSS project myself (U-Boot)...

> glibc is a central project in the Linux ecosystem but
> unfortunately it's not as well staffed as other projects such as the
> kernel or gcc.  Things have gotten much better in the last few years,
> but we're still short of people as many of us are doing other things
> alongside glibc.

This is something I can understand and accept.  And we're trying to
offer help - both with man-power and with funding.  only nobody
seems to be interested :-(

> Hopefully someone with more context and will respond soon and help
> unblock things but until then, please don't lose hope, we will get there
> eventually!

Thanks!

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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