Re: Accelerating Y2038 glibc fixes

[Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx dot de>]

Hi all,

In message <20190712072103.D3DBC24003A@gemini.denx.de> I wrote:
>
> this is a somewhat desperate call for help...
>
> We have been trying for some time to help some of our customers to
> get patches into glibc to fix the remaining Y2038 issues.
>
> But progress is way too slow...
>
> The problems we are facing are not on a technical level - we believe
> we could deal with such.
>
> See for example [1] - there are just 7 lines of "code".  But Joseph
> does not accept our patches.  The arguments he gives are not on a
> technical level; instead he says that only a native English speaker
> who has a with deep understanding of glibc internals and the
> previous development process will be capable to provide such a patch
> in an acceptable way.
>
> To be honest - I think only himself would fulfill this requirement
> good enough.
>
> But Joseph has not enough resources available, and he cannot
> allocate more resources even if such efforts would be paid for by
> DENX.  And he does not know of anyone to help.
>
> In short, we are stuck, and not even proper funding can accelerate
> the process - not to mention, that it's impossible to give any
> deadlines at all.
>
>
> Obviously, this is just my personal and external view - I guess I
> must be missing something, because I cannot imagine that the progress
> of a project that plays such a central role to the whole FOSS
> community suffers from such bottlenecks, and that these cannot be
> helped.
>
> Is there anything we can do to accelerate this process?  As
> mentioned, we are willing to dedicate both man-power and/or money,
> if this helps.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> [1] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1114061/

Is there nobody here who has any idea what could be done?

No comments at all?


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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