From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 27 22:41:07 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22B5516A420; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 22:41:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rees@citi.umich.edu) Received: from citi.umich.edu (citi.umich.edu [141.211.133.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB05743D5F; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 22:41:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rees@citi.umich.edu) Received: from citi.umich.edu (dsl093-001-248.det1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.1.248]) by citi.umich.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA06F1BCE8; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:41:05 -0500 (EST) To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org From: Jim Rees In-Reply-To: Scott Long, Tue, 27 Dec 2005 09:38:11 MST Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:41:05 -0500 Sender: rees@citi.umich.edu Message-Id: <20051227224105.AA06F1BCE8@citi.umich.edu> Cc: Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys _timeval.h src/sys/fs/procfs procfs_status.c src/libexec/bootpd bootpd.c src/sys/dev/acpica/Osd OsdSynch.c src/sys/dev/firewire sbp.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 22:41:07 -0000 When I worked at Apollo in the 1980s we used to joke that we'd all either be dead or so rich we wouldn't care when the timestamps rolled over. What actually happened is that the top bit rolled over in 1997 and exposed some bugs we hadn't anticipated. There were enough systems still in use at the time that this was a real problem for some people. Even today I still have an old Apollo that I run a web server on, and still hear from people having trouble with their Apollo systems, mostly embedded stuff that can't be upgraded. So don't just assume that the code you write today won't be around in 20 years.