Re: [PATCH 2/3] Consistently use BFD's time

Pedro Alves
2020-08-23T23:32:37Z

On 8/23/20 5:09 PM, Joel Brobecker wrote:
>> For the short-term solution, I think the best compromise is to patch
>> gnulib like Tom suggests. We have the infrastructure to do that and
>> maintain the patch for as long as it takes to discuss the proper
>> solution (personally, I think the only way forward for the better
>> solution will require a live discussion; I am happy to help set that
>> up if people would find it useful).
>
> I discussed it live with Tom. We don't have the time to work on this
> right now, so we'll send a patch in a week or so. Given that everyone
> has had a a lot of time to provide feedback on that thread, and given
> the fact that we want to fix this before we branch, I don't think we
> want to wait too long before getting that patch in -- assuming we are
> still short on a better long term solution.
>

FWIW, I've tried to look at this more than once the past weeks,
including today, hoping I'd find some nice solution, but all I got
was a headache.

Thanks,
Pedro Alves