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Date:      Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:15:53 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com>
To:        Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>
Cc:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: time_t not to change size on x86, votes
Message-ID:  <20011028171553.E32015@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <p05101003b800cfd71d2c@[128.113.24.47]>; from drosih@rpi.edu on Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 05:51:42PM -0400
References:  <200110270636.f9R6aik43419@apollo.backplane.com> <20011027064343.03830380A@overcee.netplex.com.au> <20011027124149.A486@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <p05101003b800cfd71d2c@[128.113.24.47]>

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On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 05:51:42PM -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote:
> Now use that scale to vote for the following list of suggested
> changes.  Each item in the list is for one specific change,
> and each would be voted on separately.
> 
>    a) For the up-and-coming 64-bit platforms (sparc64, IA-64),
>       FreeBSD 5.0-release should have a 64-bit value for time_t.
>    b) For the up-and-coming 32-bit platforms (PowerPC),
>       FreeBSD 5.0-release should have a 64-bit value for time_t.
>    c) For the existing 32-bit platform (i386),
>       FreeBSD 5.0-release should have a 64-bit value.
>    d) For all 32-bit platforms (PowerPC, i386),
>       iff FreeBSD 5.0-release continues to be a 32-bit value,
>       then it should be called 'long' instead of 'int'.

You left out the Alpha (not surprising as most here seem to ignore it...)

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