From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Torsten Bögershausen" <tboegi@web.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 8/9] Use uintmax_t for timestamps
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:45:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqtw5bsufy.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqvapsszoo.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Tue, 25 Apr 2017 18:52:23 -0700")
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
>
>> In any case, it is a question unrelated to the work I performed in this
>> patch series: the raison d'être of these patches is to allow timestamps to
>> refer to dates that are currently insanely far in the future.
>
> Yes, but the job of the maintainer is to prevent narrow-focused
> individual contributors from throwing us into a hole we cannot dig
> out of by closing the door for plausible future enhancements.
Having said that, IIRC, this series does not tighten the existing
code to specifically check for integer wrap-around anyway, so in a
sense, users who use a timestamp that is in an insanely distant
future is already accepting the risk of getting broken in the
future, so my answer to the question I asked is "it would be extra
nice to future-proof people's data, but not doing anything is
probably OK---at least we is not making things worse."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-26 3:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 113+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-02-27 21:30 [PATCH 0/6] Use time_t Johannes Schindelin
2017-02-27 21:30 ` [PATCH 1/6] t0006 & t5000: prepare for 64-bit time_t Johannes Schindelin
2017-02-27 22:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-02-27 21:30 ` [PATCH 2/6] Specify explicitly where we parse timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-02-27 22:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-02-27 22:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-02-28 10:49 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-02-27 21:31 ` [PATCH 3/6] Introduce a new "printf format" for timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-03-01 18:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-01 19:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-02-27 21:31 ` [PATCH 4/6] Prepare for timestamps to use 64-bit signed types Johannes Schindelin
2017-02-27 21:31 ` [PATCH 5/6] ref-filter: avoid using `unsigned long` for catch-all data type Johannes Schindelin
2017-02-27 21:31 ` [PATCH 6/6] Use time_t where appropriate Johannes Schindelin
2017-02-27 22:48 ` [PATCH 0/6] Use time_t Junio C Hamano
2017-02-28 11:32 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-02-28 14:28 ` Jeff King
2017-02-28 15:01 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-02-28 16:38 ` René Scharfe
2017-02-28 18:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-02-28 20:04 ` Jeff King
2017-02-28 20:54 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-02-28 21:31 ` Jeff King
2017-02-28 21:31 ` René Scharfe
2017-02-28 23:10 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-03-01 0:59 ` René Scharfe
2017-02-28 17:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-02-28 20:01 ` Jeff King
2017-02-28 22:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-02-28 22:33 ` Jeff King
2017-03-01 17:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-02 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] Introduce timestamp_t for timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-02 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] ref-filter: avoid using `unsigned long` for catch-all data type Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-03 4:22 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2017-04-03 22:47 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-02 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] t0006 & t5000: prepare for 64-bit timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-02 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] t0006 & t5000: skip "far in the future" test when time_t is too limited Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-02 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] Specify explicitly where we parse timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-03 4:26 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2017-04-03 22:50 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-02 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] Introduce a new "printf format" for timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-02 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] Introduce a new data type " Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-02 19:07 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] Abort if the system time cannot handle one of our timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-02 19:07 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] Use uintmax_t for timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-20 20:52 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] Introduce timestamp_t " Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-20 20:52 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] ref-filter: avoid using `unsigned long` for catch-all data type Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-20 20:52 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] t0006 & t5000: prepare for 64-bit timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-20 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] t0006 & t5000: skip "far in the future" test when time_t is too limited Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-20 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] Specify explicitly where we parse timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-20 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] Introduce a new "printf format" for timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-20 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] Introduce a new data type " Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-20 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] Abort if the system time cannot handle one of our timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-20 20:59 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] Use uintmax_t for timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-21 6:05 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] Introduce timestamp_t " Junio C Hamano
2017-04-21 10:44 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-21 10:45 ` [PATCH v4 0/9] " Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-21 10:45 ` [PATCH v4 1/9] ref-filter: avoid using `unsigned long` for catch-all data type Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-21 10:45 ` [PATCH v4 2/9] t0006 & t5000: prepare for 64-bit timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-21 10:45 ` [PATCH v4 3/9] t0006 & t5000: skip "far in the future" test when time_t is too limited Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-21 10:45 ` [PATCH v4 4/9] Specify explicitly where we parse timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-24 3:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-21 10:45 ` [PATCH v4 5/9] Introduce a new "printf format" for timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-21 10:45 ` [PATCH v4 6/9] Introduce a new data type " Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-21 10:45 ` [PATCH v4 7/9] Abort if the system time cannot handle one of our timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-24 3:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-24 13:57 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-25 2:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-25 3:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-21 10:46 ` [PATCH v4 8/9] Use uintmax_t for timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-24 3:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-24 10:28 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-25 3:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-25 20:10 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 1:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-26 3:45 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2017-04-26 9:32 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 13:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-21 10:46 ` [PATCH v4 9/9] show_date_ident(): defer date overflow check Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-24 3:29 ` [PATCH v4 0/9] Introduce timestamp_t for timestamps Junio C Hamano
2017-04-24 6:15 ` Jacob Keller
2017-04-24 14:02 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-24 11:37 ` Jeff King
2017-04-25 20:13 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-24 14:00 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-24 13:57 ` [PATCH v5 0/8] " Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-24 13:57 ` [PATCH v5 1/8] ref-filter: avoid using `unsigned long` for catch-all data type Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-24 13:57 ` [PATCH v5 2/8] t0006 & t5000: prepare for 64-bit timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-24 13:58 ` [PATCH v5 3/8] t0006 & t5000: skip "far in the future" test when time_t is too limited Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-24 13:58 ` [PATCH v5 4/8] Specify explicitly where we parse timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-25 5:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-24 13:58 ` [PATCH v5 5/8] Introduce a new "printf format" for timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-24 13:58 ` [PATCH v5 6/8] Introduce a new data type " Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 16:43 ` Johannes Sixt
2017-04-26 19:18 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 22:32 ` René Scharfe
2017-04-24 13:58 ` [PATCH v5 7/8] Abort if the system time cannot handle one of our timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-24 13:58 ` [PATCH v5 8/8] Use uintmax_t for timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 16:36 ` Johannes Sixt
2017-04-26 19:09 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-25 21:54 ` [PATCH v5 0/8] Introduce timestamp_t " René Scharfe
2017-04-25 22:22 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 22:09 ` René Scharfe
2017-04-26 1:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-26 19:20 ` [PATCH v6 " Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 19:26 ` [PATCH v6 1/8] ref-filter: avoid using `unsigned long` for catch-all data type Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 19:26 ` [PATCH v6 2/8] t0006 & t5000: prepare for 64-bit timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 19:26 ` [PATCH v6 3/8] t0006 & t5000: skip "far in the future" test when time_t is too limited Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 19:26 ` [PATCH v6 4/8] Specify explicitly where we parse timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 19:29 ` [PATCH v6 5/8] Introduce a new "printf format" for timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 19:29 ` [PATCH v6 6/8] Introduce a new data type " Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-20 5:47 ` [PATCH] name-rev: change a "long" variable to timestamp_t Junio C Hamano
2017-05-22 13:39 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 19:29 ` [PATCH v6 7/8] Abort if the system time cannot handle one of our timestamps Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 19:29 ` [PATCH v6 8/8] Use uintmax_t for timestamps Johannes Schindelin
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