From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C30FEC761A6 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2023 19:46:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231331AbjCaTqK (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Mar 2023 15:46:10 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:36372 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229983AbjCaTqJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Mar 2023 15:46:09 -0400 Received: from mail-wr1-x42c.google.com (mail-wr1-x42c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::42c]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 354AE49FE for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2023 12:46:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wr1-x42c.google.com with SMTP id h17so23530981wrt.8 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2023 12:46:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; t=1680291966; x=1682883966; h=in-reply-to:references:to:from:content-language:subject:user-agent :mime-version:date:message-id:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=woNC7CyLtD8gsi7m/VZ3REj4HZByX66HugNCjlJ0GKk=; b=m2Tda4DzPgBngnCl6p2XNO115D7q9uLq0KNk/3JWNrO3xlz+p6GCIQflaaea2nzjAV GDqBSehFuG09M/Bm5kND3lhQh3vWZcXcqTM11zZGBFzFRtiGhfsw+l85QxPFEmL77wRQ +UBwNPzGmkCBp8FbdcLUBVDKgXjLkL7/bOfV759Lb2X57iNruLYxNj63WIY+4nYygE5+ +QHR2WJ2ayKwm65L31E/Go/DngxNwEaUdkIjaOIwq8A2Xzq1bxE72ahC+G795awcIdVh J/OxgWTuzD53kY9PfRsn5+gRaEqhrhlOFdFMWYgD6pUVTx0q9Gv5klOgKhGSDNLS7OME dc8w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; t=1680291966; x=1682883966; h=in-reply-to:references:to:from:content-language:subject:user-agent :mime-version:date:message-id:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=woNC7CyLtD8gsi7m/VZ3REj4HZByX66HugNCjlJ0GKk=; b=tGDmJSWF+Of4TsNs/U1M0Iwf8YJ8GmcmRoOxFzukPliW5rckJAADdHhSeFHc+jvv+s pgGVwVI2gKNNksHmJcUhgwj+CRA/rwzpxtLkv53C0mabujsGMsEBMkAs48/3OfgxwH53 jiayK7SIswgM45MSFgp7WQmZGhdMxG5lK2MU5ZTLW5n4iSyBaDNCjfH+pNubkU2dTqH+ Lwd+HqnCkVyFDUhM8j0PEB6kxMEk5rn/LQNF61k6NWvrlJPIr5tyOZMlLinenRinzbUs xz8e03mBdtM9V6MX7MCr/Ze4fnu5wMbzd04GcL2yipekcWeVmOpZSohWi0jjP7pFNlid ejeg== X-Gm-Message-State: AAQBX9fhX3PdcPgjjMR6jRsAIdZrnRUI9OeObttPXMOxda7xvddR7hw2 Meb5olL3/7HZhp14twlBAP/ATH99iB0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AKy350blOZupN63mBcREXvc2AqgxGsUEEqem77Ck0Nv6Ozh7cAj3+76r/iN06r+Ekt+JaLvQxMOo7g== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6000:1b06:b0:2ce:aa73:4960 with SMTP id f6-20020a0560001b0600b002ceaa734960mr20673220wrz.5.1680291966679; Fri, 31 Mar 2023 12:46:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.160] ([170.253.51.134]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id x6-20020a5d60c6000000b002dfca33ba36sm2980939wrt.8.2023.03.31.12.46.06 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 31 Mar 2023 12:46:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 21:46:05 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.8.0 Subject: Re: STANDARDS, VERSIONS, HISTORY Content-Language: en-US From: Alejandro Colomar To: linux-man References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------aZtPbXT0NjQiMMhBS4SNgRCt" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --------------aZtPbXT0NjQiMMhBS4SNgRCt Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------1T80WVVlCp6u1w0xsZtkM0si"; protected-headers="v1" From: Alejandro Colomar To: linux-man Message-ID: Subject: Re: STANDARDS, VERSIONS, HISTORY References: In-Reply-To: --------------1T80WVVlCp6u1w0xsZtkM0si Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 3/31/23 21:44, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Hi! >=20 > I rewrote these sections. That's the reason I'm being slowish in > replying to email, and now I'll be checking old mail for some time, so > I may still take some time to review some mails. Sorry; I hope you > find it worthy :) >=20 > Please comment on this recent patch (currently the commit at HEAD) if > there's anything you'd like to improve. It's a huge one, so reviewing > it would be crazy, but feel free to comment on anything you don't like > about these sections now that I changed them. >=20 > TL;DR: >=20 > STANDARDS now almost only covers C11 and POSIX.1-2008. Everything > older goes to HISTORY. Soon (as soon as the new standards are > published, so one year or so), STANDARDS will only cover C23 and > POSIX.1-202x (2023?), and C11 and POSIX.1-2008 will be moved to > HISTORY. Also, the wording in these sections has been made consistent, and in most cases, there's even no wording, but rather a list of standards or systems in which an API is defined. >=20 > VERSIONS mostly covers variants of an API in different systems, or > different APIs that provide the same functionality (less often). >=20 > Cheers, > Alex >=20 --=20 GPG key fingerprint: A9348594CE31283A826FBDD8D57633D441E25BB5 --------------1T80WVVlCp6u1w0xsZtkM0si-- --------------aZtPbXT0NjQiMMhBS4SNgRCt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="OpenPGP_signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="OpenPGP_signature" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEE6jqH8KTroDDkXfJAnowa+77/2zIFAmQnOH0ACgkQnowa+77/ 2zLavQ//bVvEnhIRiuiU/QAIuRra1cLTeRb+uyvgf778ylV+9EDYIojsneThFStJ rMF7OXFOwz043P/VnNo9+jNB/psU+DdeED7zZebPhiL81gCYfd1PQR07eqPl9ZZ0 45P82hdo7AmmzfcuyzOedojHsdPZBqIRFTMlhjUrWv97ULYtGFLuC1xJf/bXCbMP AwtwCKJdyDzZIS619TEMjbh1YkI8Q2bQ5vSEGa3N8S7hLiQss9JPW/MLpdW2b1iY 5b84SfzeckwC8O6lzLAN5OVDDEQia7O4xE88btV4sC8pdhMcMtBkKeTi9htEBQe3 W2xMkuAw55cMofYbB5vKWbbtnJiC+/ak151/RX6xQTfTWnXWle7mMtrE1Jer8Dj/ I8D4TznctFHcbai8n7rtXA8lgYKlRTg/BReC5bQVoeIGGxhwcbOHLq93pn9SQbyL tQaGSqrzPxtb+B1665XNg/N7MGsx/CNiIrxVX3B6vEETd0QJ/4gbRU2++2Gb7H6C 5g+V8CAQ0q9OhGecE4wHYj/eVRnyMPYNAbYMfjByPx7JLGsGWrfVtC7DAH0VvnWa Kk+mS9o4UsUrSVK6Adp0Ss2fuApauhZlL5ldq6h0a0dXvthz0KZPL9MefrAjorMS DbCRviM/x71GrIm8rHjL6dP07n5Wqm9qo74p4tkjwtZqAir+8Vc= =wEHc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------aZtPbXT0NjQiMMhBS4SNgRCt--