Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 12:11:57 -0500 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: calm, orderly, deliberate time_t transition.. Message-ID: <p0510100ab8033b966169@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <20011029064257.ACB573808@overcee.netplex.com.au> References: <20011029064257.ACB573808@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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At 10:42 PM -0800 10/28/01, Peter Wemm wrote: >I think what we do agree on: > > 1: time_t assumptions in existing code should be fixed. > > 2: new platforms should start at time_t 64 bit > > 3: Once we've tested the water on the new platforms, *then* > progress towards activating it on alpha and then x86. >If we can agree that the ideal goal is to move toward 64 bit times >in a sane and orderly fashion, and that each major hurdle is to be >evaluted as we come to it, then we can end this bikeshed-from-hell >and just get on with it. This sounds good to me. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.acs.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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