Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 14:54:37 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: des@FreeBSD.ORG, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980709144722.619A-100000@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <199807091808.LAA07329@austin.polstra.com>
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On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, John Polstra wrote: > In article <199807090826.BAA14763@freefall.freebsd.org>, > Dag-Erling C. Sm\xf8rgrav <des@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: > > des 1998/07/09 01:26:42 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > release Makefile > > Log: > > Use four-digit year in SNAP name. We're eighteen months from the next > > millenium, fer cryin' out loud... > > This change is OK with me, but it seems a bit unnecessary. Who or > what is going to get confused by a SNAP date that begins with 00? > There are Y2K problems, and then there's Y2K nonsense. > Yup, its nonsense, but a friend of mine said "Hey, the SNAP dates aren't Y2K compliant" yesterday. I told him it really didn't matter, and someone was already discussing this on the lists, but he mentioned that it WOULD matter to someone coming in who is unfamiliar with FreeBSD and is really (overly) concerned with Y2K. If they see even one non-Y2K date format, they might get the wrong idea about the whole operating system. So I say, if it won't break anything, add the two digits. Just my $0.02. But maybe we should add another zero to the front so we can claim to be year-10000 compliant. <duck-and-run-for-cover> ;-) -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net /* FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and compatibles (SPARC and Alpha under development) (http://www.freebsd.org) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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