Is Y2038-proofing in a glibc roadmap somewhere?
Albert ARIBAUD
albert.aribaud@3adev.fr
Wed Sep 2 14:21:00 GMT 2015
Hi Joseph,
Le Wed, 2 Sep 2015 14:11:55 +0000, Joseph Myers
<joseph@codesourcery.com> a écrit :
> > I've just received my copy of the copyright assignment signed by the
> > FSF. Should I make it available somewhere for the glibc folks to see?
>
> No, we can check the list of assignments on fencepost.
Ok.
> > > Second, I advise starting by posting an extended design document
> > > describing your proposed design and how various issues will be addressed,
> > > to avoid expending large amounts of work on an approach with fundamental
> > > design issues. I think the basic requirements are clear - a macro
> > > _TIME_BITS=64, that is only accepted in conjunction with
> > > _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64, that causes affected functions and types to be
> > > mapped to versions using 64-bit time_t, while keeping all existing ABIs
> > > as-is; that is necessitated by the basic requirement of keeping full
> > > compatibility with all existing binaries. But you need to expand that
> > > summary from sentence length to essay length, making a thorough analysis
> > > of all the issues involved.
> >
> > I'd like to start working on the design document, but as I wrote
> > before, I think than, rather than posting it to the mailing list, it
> > would be better to host it on a Wiki page similar to, for instance,
> > <https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/PrintfHooksDesign>.
> >
> > Is this approach acceptable? If so, then I would need some editor to
> > add me (just registered as "AlbertAribaud" on the Wiki) to EditorGroup.
>
> I've added you to EditorGroup.
Thanks a lot!
> If using this approach, I suggest starting
> each thread with a link to the specific version of the document being
> discussed in that thread, so it's clear everyone is commenting on the same
> document rather than each person looking at a different version.
Agreed, and wilco.
Thanks again for your help!
Cordialement,
Albert ARIBAUD
3ADEV
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