From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
To: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>,
Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org,
libc-alpha@sourceware.org, Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] system_data_types.7: time_t: Add Versions note
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 15:05:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3dbfecdc-929f-3f4c-e4e8-420a558eecfb@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2b275610-95cb-5d40-158e-3b1d9e7adde0@gmail.com>
>> Alex, I suggest either we drop this patch, or you could reword as
>> something like:
>>
>> "In POSIX.1-2001, the type was specified as being either an integer
>> type or a real-floating type. However, existing implementations
>> used an integer type, and POSIX.1-2008 tightened the specification
>> to reflect this."
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>
> Thanks, Paul!
>
> Michael, I would opt for the simpler: drop the patch.
Okay.
Thanks,
Michael
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-18 13:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-17 21:37 [PATCH 1/3] system_data_types.7: time_t: Add Versions note Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-17 21:37 ` [PATCH 2/3] system_data_types.7: Add 'clock_t' Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-18 5:56 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-18 9:10 ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-18 13:09 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-19 17:40 ` \- vs - (Was [Re: [PATCH 2/3] system_data_types.7: Add 'clock_t']) Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-19 18:10 ` Jakub Wilk
2020-10-19 22:11 ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-21 21:19 ` G. Branden Robinson
2020-10-17 21:37 ` [PATCH 3/3] clock_t.3: New link to system_data_types(3) Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-18 16:52 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-18 1:05 ` [PATCH 1/3] system_data_types.7: time_t: Add Versions note Paul Eggert
2020-10-18 5:46 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-18 9:02 ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-18 13:05 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [this message]
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