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Subject: Re: ISO9660 bug and loopback driver bug - a bigger problem then it
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From: Jesper Juhl <jju@dif.dk>
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On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 15:29, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> [SNIPPED year 2100 "bug"]
> [SNIPPED year 2100 "bug" --fix!]
> 
> > 
> > If the above is indeed correct, wouldn't it then be better to just do 
> > those changes in 2.5.x instead of 2.4.x (and then maybe backport them 
> > later)...
> 
> I suggest the changes wait until Version 99.99.  Many of the File Systems
> affected won't even exist 98 years from now -and an 'int' will probably
> be 256 bits.
> 

Sure ;)  I'll just leave it alone for now. Maybe later if things change
it can be fixed without requireing major changes.


-- 
Mvh. / Best regards
Jesper Juhl - jju@dif.dk


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