From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 26 17:12:32 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05DC616A469; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:12:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (trang.nuxi.org [74.95.12.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D239313C4BB; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:12:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l9QHCHXG096066; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:12:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l9QHCG5X096065; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:12:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:12:16 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: Scott Long Message-ID: <20071026171216.GA95930@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200710150951.l9F9pUm7026506@repoman.freebsd.org> <20071025233536.B99770@fledge.watson.org> <472120E8.90504@samsco.org> <200710261144.34645.jhb@freebsd.org> <472217C2.8020800@samsco.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <472217C2.8020800@samsco.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, d@delphij.net, John Baldwin , Andrey Chernov , cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Robert Watson , cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/locale utf8.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@FreeBSD.org List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:12:32 -0000 On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 10:37:22AM -0600, Scott Long wrote: > and I are saying about having a justification for changes. .. > The ctype ABI change > isn't like that at all; it's mandatory and it can't be > worked around. We also asked that even justifiable changes be evaluated > to see if there was any work-around to avoid breakage. Several have > already been suggested for the ctype change. Certainly implementing something in an alternate way that doesn't cause an forward incompatibility in RELENG_* is a Good Thing and should be strived for. It is nice that in this case it looks like we have this choice of implementations. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)