Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 21:27:35 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com>, FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: A closed developers list (follows on from Thanks Core Team) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901142123060.12009-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <19990114194845.Y12236@futuresouth.com>
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On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> [ Past time to trim CC's ]
>
> On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 03:45:24AM +0200, a little birdie told me that Sheldon Hearn remarked
> >
> > And they're not commit-related e-mails?
>
> See appended.
>
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> From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@hilink.com.au>
> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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> Subject: Re: Y2K compliance question
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> On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Garrett Wollman wrote:
>
> > We believe that there are no bugs remaining which would cause
> > erroneous operation of a previously working system; however, there may
> > be some problems remaining in user-interface functionality and
> > third-party software.
>
> Right now, FreeBSD-current is *NOT* y2k compliant. I know that there
> *are* bugs remaining.
>
> Can I ask people to tone down the statements of y2k compliance which they
> hand out, please. Perhaps someone with better PR skills than I can dream
> up some way of saying "most of the y2k problems are sorted out, but we are
> presently conducting a review of the system and standard software."
>
> Since I started my review, I have found y2k problems with tar, cvs, xntpd.
> Calendar is looking suspicious, and you never know what beasties lurk
> around the corner.
Tar {was,is} not written by the FreeBSD or UCB, same as cvs and xntpd. They
are not part of FreeBSD the OS, they're part of FreeBSD's set of utilities.
>
> I'm glad that the date for 3.1 has been put back, because I'd like to
> progress further into the review-and-fix cycle before it is released. I'm
> not going to get much further without assistance, though. Many thanks to
> Nathan and Mark who *have* assisted so far.
>
> Danny
>
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