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: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_EF,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from sourceware.org (server1.sourceware.org [209.132.180.131]) (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 20E2E1F461 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2019 07:21:34 +0000 (UTC) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=V0fKj 5WpOZPg/pvtU62sPsJsqq/YeSOjDxI6UYIIt2fNhUiWcvujSgXGA08sABt1g4PJ9 rvv04p8tyfYrJo+8ZKthU6FF5OZdxUKe61FoiXWuOcHt8Jb/pbKgs1Qse6kK9Jc1 e1Jw0Nf5Vy9Y7F/KpgDiDvHD7ol8irPSbVFark= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:content-type; s=default; bh=eHJS1QrDM1f amNZjI2DAaIm6RF8=; b=kq6/sgd9AY2sbwmIkXe+D17qHLsokGddmL7zaDatvTs RKIKNmJmmld5NYKARz40mq26ZAwUplH1wkOqG1hByWq2ssMG78U36hdjpSSpBWeJ 90nRob9VU3xWvQJWSDrUO/6N8zjKp4+XIw6AxkGAmHMWhmFGvJI+v6qBnoKO23w4 = Received: (qmail 88091 invoked by alias); 19 Jul 2019 07:21:31 -0000 Mailing-List: contact libc-alpha-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: libc-alpha-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 88081 invoked by uid 89); 19 Jul 2019 07:21:31 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-HELO: mail-out.m-online.net From: Andreas Schwab To: Paul Eggert Cc: Adhemerval Zanella , GNU C Library Subject: Re: Accelerating Y2038 glibc fixes References: <20190712072103.D3DBC24003A@gemini.denx.de> <874l3mjgi6.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> <20190716145216.1C7CE240085@gemini.denx.de> <875zo0911b.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> <20190717160021.75EB224003E@gemini.denx.de> <87h87k7ilf.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> <20190717181811.5902cd5e@jawa> <87ftn3xija.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> <0a59e20b-e941-e71a-5d4c-cda8088617c3@linaro.org> <535c8c27-1c3d-8f76-2018-554e54c6edc8@cs.ucla.edu> X-Yow: I'm reporting for duty as a modern person. I want to do the Latin Hustle now! Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:21:23 +0200 In-Reply-To: <535c8c27-1c3d-8f76-2018-554e54c6edc8@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Thu, 18 Jul 2019 15:32:47 -0700") Message-ID: <87imry8p70.fsf@igel.home> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.2.90 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain On Jul 18 2019, Paul Eggert wrote: > Adhemerval Zanella wrote: >> I still think that in long term this initial bump transition is better >> than to the complexity from mixed support. > > Yes, that is what NetBSD did in release 6.0 (2012). OpenBSD release 5.5 > (2014) followed suit. Admittedly these are smaller ecosystems, Rather non-existent. *BSD doesn't care about backward compatibility. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."