From owner-freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 4 20:10:56 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: standards@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9777A16A41A for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 20:10:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (cl-162.ewr-01.us.sixxs.net [IPv6:2001:4830:1200:a1::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19C9B13C43E for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 20:10:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lB4KAs38043174; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 14:10:54 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: (from brooks@localhost) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.14.1/8.13.8/Submit) id lB4KArD5043173; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 14:10:53 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from brooks) Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 14:10:53 -0600 From: Brooks Davis To: Matthieu Michaud Message-ID: <20071204201053.GA41843@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <47559FF0.5090008@nxdomain.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="xHFwDpU9dbj6ez1V" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47559FF0.5090008@nxdomain.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (lor.one-eyed-alien.net [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:10:55 -0600 (CST) Cc: standards@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make struct timeval posix compliant ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-standards@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Standards compliance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:10:56 -0000 --xHFwDpU9dbj6ez1V Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 07:44:00PM +0100, Matthieu Michaud wrote: > Hi, >=20 > Few months ago I sent a mail to stable@freebsd.org in the hope to discuss= =20 > struct timeval posix conformance in RELENG_6. >=20 > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?1397BA88-CC55-4585-86CB-3BD08FBABEF5 >=20 > Given the few answers, I may have targetted the wrong mailing list or thi= s=20 > change has no interest. So, here are the questions again : >=20 > - Do you want FreeBSD 6 to conform posix specs for struct timeval ? (it's= =20 > not always a right thing to do to strictly conform standards) >=20 > - Is it ok to do it ? (if i'm correct there is a minor abi change and thi= s=20 > could be a strong reason to stay as is) With 7.0 about to be released and is fixed, I can't say I see much value compared to the potential disruption in the 6.x series (the fact that the patch corrects some printf statements demonstrates that there will be disruption). Is there something we'd get other than conformance? -- Brooks --xHFwDpU9dbj6ez1V Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHVbRMXY6L6fI4GtQRAjEVAKCLAm8WE9Rh9V2dfyBk9CjFaPQLuQCfXZqv z/MsFyfN9T506SB+FusxiKk= =MmE6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xHFwDpU9dbj6ez1V--