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Re: [2.24 PATCH 0/3] sys/sysmacros.h and sys.types.h, revised^n
- From: Zack Weinberg <zackw at panix dot com>
- To: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval dot zanella at linaro dot org>
- Cc: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at redhat dot com>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>
- Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 17:25:27 -0400
- Subject: Re: [2.24 PATCH 0/3] sys/sysmacros.h and sys.types.h, revised^n
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On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 4:50 PM, Adhemerval Zanella
<adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> wrote:
> On 01/08/2016 17:38, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
>> On 07/31/2016 04:09 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>>> I've rebased the patches for deprecating inclusion of
>>> <sys/sysmacros.h> by <sys/types.h> against latest trunk (now with 96%
>>> fewer changes to .abilist files!) I have also redesigned the new
>>> bits/sysmacros.h mechanism yet again; I hope this will address Mike
>>> Frysinger's stylistic concerns.
>>>
>>> It's my understanding that this series is still wanted for 2.24. I
>>> will need someone to commit it for me (how do I apply for commit
>>> privileges? this is becoming tedious)
>>
>> These changes should have gone in earlier, but you don't have commit
>> access, and review for 2.24 for myself has been tied up because of other
>> projects I had to handle. With 2.25 I hope you have commit access and get
>> these kinds of changes in earlier, they have lots of value and I enjoy
>> seeing responsible people fixing things.
...
>> Therefore I'm faced with the conclusion that I'd like to cut the branch
>> and _then_ commit these patches for you right away.
...
>
> I feel the same and it is just a timeframe issue. Thanks for checking on
> this Carlos.
I'm fine with this. It's a pretty old problem, it can wait another
release to be fixed.
zw