[2.24 PATCH 0/3] sys/sysmacros.h and sys.types.h, revised^n

[Zack Weinberg]

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 4:50 PM, Adhemerval Zanella
<adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> wrote:
> On 01/08/2016 17:38, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
>> On 07/31/2016 04:09 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>>> I've rebased the patches for deprecating inclusion of
>>> <sys/sysmacros.h> by <sys/types.h> against latest trunk (now with 96%
>>> fewer changes to .abilist files!)  I have also redesigned the new
>>> bits/sysmacros.h mechanism yet again; I hope this will address Mike
>>> Frysinger's stylistic concerns.
>>>
>>> It's my understanding that this series is still wanted for 2.24.  I
>>> will need someone to commit it for me (how do I apply for commit
>>> privileges? this is becoming tedious)
>>
>> These changes should have gone in earlier, but you don't have commit
>> access, and review for 2.24 for myself has been tied up because of other
>> projects I had to handle. With 2.25 I hope you have commit access and get
>> these kinds of changes in earlier, they have lots of value and I enjoy
>> seeing responsible people fixing things.
...
>> Therefore I'm faced with the conclusion that I'd like to cut the branch
>> and _then_ commit these patches for you right away.
...
>
> I feel the same and it is just a timeframe issue.  Thanks for checking on
> this Carlos.

I'm fine with this.  It's a pretty old problem, it can wait another
release to be fixed.

zw