From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 794CDC433E7 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2020 13:05:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CFB321655 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2020 13:05:36 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="juIll0Tl" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726643AbgJRNFf (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Oct 2020 09:05:35 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:59908 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725837AbgJRNF3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Oct 2020 09:05:29 -0400 Received: from mail-wm1-x341.google.com (mail-wm1-x341.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::341]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1E736C061755 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2020 06:05:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wm1-x341.google.com with SMTP id f21so7703858wml.3 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2020 06:05:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=cc:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GeRWraLytiEsBBP3JfKC5oWfgrYR1t1NebPAKa9X4co=; b=juIll0TlfWXlrFMZdk5ZjKF1Zn6phutoT1GNH5DYJ38k0pS2GxRTXfynvx4/NNznMN ax6MTPY1pqThUw4QJnbKsLhoD0+pAvW4rx2K5sZt7dKI92xIRhJCfdyS6i8iqsk5MRAA spB522R5aDpLEgya27kxMbnlnfBotXL0u0VXBrnEz7TL5UiTByJx+ChxN6cLsUKAwE2g wn2UV/ljfuMDuH+c+IYVZjUhABuaW0btlVktU4Jkpx7tML8uBaAKTMey/olG6a6jwmdG QQVdHT9Ez2RCWcwx38HAEJVDb+xz/ANQkRrwPrzyB+nGzxKqHlbteexqUwb2i1WauiCB i9VA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:cc:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=GeRWraLytiEsBBP3JfKC5oWfgrYR1t1NebPAKa9X4co=; b=T5ezpaGeeJppihcd3PVuEYS3A2k184l+/4nKOonEJu9NXPZ4dtSh2fdvia3/9e7Vsq 7Uq0D4dGbM/KEQpV3NrKXNNpUc+Op/5Uvg0Om7smFzeEId9AFjtPUseaIdjcoMU0e+Kr 0N6uUh+8pT6zsyKnpLQlG2swaCDOnBQo0glpUp6yXJEH98RwY1TfgFB4bj84UbmUaN6T fT4m8vWu2b/j+cLfH7Yxu5PqeBuErHPbyl7n4kEFW6XdZv2JrsyWLV9rvlfL/n9ytexx olvghpl+8JsL/Nac6oZKUoemH4yMW4lcuUu27Ww4ulQvmgGVShgCVUjqGfb2q7AM3Vey N3MQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532OMTG6CBf9Q+Xhujp2Q99nfu1M+iGrhS1jueh9adxa+BIITqIB DenQd03lfx0/J/v4pACJ5P0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzl0v0accLOcznTCM24HxtEJJG9gMdg09rcQMzUxJrbytIdJzuIcUfPxsdDdkyLXiaPcUhopA== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:6643:: with SMTP id a64mr13400154wmc.142.1603026326803; Sun, 18 Oct 2020 06:05:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (static-176-175-73-29.ftth.abo.bbox.fr. [176.175.73.29]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t13sm12119814wmj.15.2020.10.18.06.05.25 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 18 Oct 2020 06:05:25 -0700 (PDT) Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org, Zack Weinberg Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] system_data_types.7: time_t: Add Versions note To: Alejandro Colomar , Paul Eggert References: <20201017213758.9270-1-colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com> <7dc0c08b-ebf8-3d79-75c8-7579f537cd48@cs.ucla.edu> <78f7baf9-bd40-39d5-bbca-403381ec369a@gmail.com> <2b275610-95cb-5d40-158e-3b1d9e7adde0@gmail.com> From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Message-ID: <3dbfecdc-929f-3f4c-e4e8-420a558eecfb@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 15:05:23 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.11.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2b275610-95cb-5d40-158e-3b1d9e7adde0@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org >> 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 -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/