From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.8]:57671 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754807Ab3EZSYe (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 May 2013 14:24:34 -0400 Message-ID: <51A2533B.9060905@bernhard-voelker.de> Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 20:23:55 +0200 From: Bernhard Voelker MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sami Kerola CC: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0000] pull: cal the branch four References: <1369559650-12341-1-git-send-email-kerolasa@iki.fi> In-Reply-To: <1369559650-12341-1-git-send-email-kerolasa@iki.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Sami, On 05/26/2013 11:14 AM, Sami Kerola wrote: > The cal branch I have in my git has got fixes to issues reviewed earlier, > and I hope all works. Based on that I decided to get rid of upper cal > year limit, 9999, and replace it with unsigned long. I know the change > does not make much practical sense, the point of the change is that where > there is no need to have artificial limits to a random magic number they > should not exist. unsigned years ... hmm, not that this would work today, but what about BC years? E.g. on what weekday did Julius Caesar die (March 15th, 44 BC, [1])? Maybe a future improvement (... having to make years signed again)? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar Have a nice day, Berny