Re: [RFC] hurd/hurd_types.defs

[Thomas Bushnell, BSG]

Neal H Walfield <neal@cs.uml.edu> writes:

&> On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 02:58:51PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> > Neal H Walfield <neal@cs.uml.edu> writes:
> > 
> > > I have a patch ready to go that changes all int -> int32 and off_t and
> > > ssize_t to int64.  Do you want this.  Would you like something else?
> > 
> > No, I think this is the sort of thing we do when we are preparing to
> > start work on the 2.0 version.
> 
> 2.0? We do not even have .3 and you are talking about 2.0?  I can only
> imgine when that is if in March of 2000 .3 was ``coming out real soon
> now.'' Can you please explaines your plans so I can figure out if I want
> to contribute.

My point is that changing int->int32 is a cosmetic thing that doesn't
help any immediate release goals.  (Changing int->int64 would be a
bug, as Roland points out.)