Andrea Bolognani, le mer. 13 mars 2024 18:03:40 +0100, a ecrit: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 12:34:55PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Simon McVittie, le mer. 13 mars 2024 10:52:35 +0000, a ecrit: > > > 2. i386 is 32-bit but has been excluded from the 64-bit time_t transition > > > because its major purpose this decade is running legacy 32-bit > > > binaries, > > > a purpose that would no longer be possible if it broke ABI > > > - non-release architectures in the same category: hurd-i386 (I think) > > > > We asked hurd-i386 to be there indeed, because we plan to have > > hurd-amd64 replace hurd-i386 way before 2038 :) > > Wouldn't it make sense to migrate hurd-i386 to 64-bit time_t > regardless of the plans for hurd-amd64?
When seeing the pain that arm* suffer, I believe we made the right choice. > Contrary to linux-i386, it's not like there is a wealth of (possibly > proprietary/binary-only) hurd-i386 software out there that we would > benefit from remaining compatible with. Sure, but the migration itself takes manpower, for no real benefit. Samuel