Re: Feature Freeze Friday

2017-09-15 Thread Gary E. Miller via devel
Yo Hal! On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:21:32 -0700 Hal Murray wrote: > >> I think you should revert the long double change and wait until > >> post-release to clean up that area - not just the precision part > >> but the whole clock adjusting area. > > > It fixed a bunch of issues and starting over c

Re: Feature Freeze Friday

2017-09-15 Thread Hal Murray via devel
>> I think you should revert the long double change and wait until >> post-release to clean up that area - not just the precision part but >> the whole clock adjusting area. > It fixed a bunch of issues and starting over could take weeks. What problems did it fix? Do you think we need more than

Re: Feature Freeze Friday

2017-09-15 Thread Hal Murray via devel
devel@ntpsec.org said: > Reverting it would be exacly the kind of poke-the-possible-hornet's-nest > change that we should be avoiding. That's the part I don't understand. The new code didn't fix any real problem. It's only been running for a few months. We have many years on the old code. T

Re: Feature Freeze Friday

2017-09-15 Thread Eric S. Raymond via devel
Gary E. Miller via devel : > Hal Murray via devel wrote: > > I think you should revert the long double change and wait until > > post-release to clean up that area - not just the precision part but > > the whole clock adjusting area. > > Oh, please, no. It is stable, except for the NetBSD 6 thin

Re: Feature Freeze Friday

2017-09-15 Thread Gary E. Miller via devel
Yo Hal! On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 12:58:32 -0700 Hal Murray via devel wrote: > devel@ntpsec.org said: > > It's Feature Freeze Friday. The window closes at 5PM, so get your > > last-minute feature patches in now. > > I think you should revert the long double change and wait until > post-release to

Re: Feature Freeze Friday

2017-09-15 Thread Hal Murray via devel
devel@ntpsec.org said: > It's Feature Freeze Friday. The window closes at 5PM, so get your > last-minute feature patches in now. I think you should revert the long double change and wait until post-release to clean up that area - not just the precision part but the whole clock adjusting area.

Re: Feature Freeze Friday

2017-09-15 Thread Gary E. Miller via devel
Yo Eric! On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:38:48 -0400 (EDT) "Eric S. Raymond via devel" wrote: > It's Feature Freeze Friday. The window closes at 5PM, so get your > last-minute feature patches in now. I got none, except maybe the register thing (#388), if you think that could/should go in. > As previou