On 9 August 2013 15:55, Danny Weldon <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On 9 August 2013 17:00, Joshuah Hurst <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 3:00 AM, Roland Mainz <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Roland Mainz <[email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> >> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 4:29 AM, ольга крыжановская
>> >> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> [snip]
>> >>> Glenn, the patch is still missing in ast-ksh. It would help with
>> >>> valgrind, and other instrumentation tools, because they can intercept
>> >>> the libc function, and then validate whether source and destination
>> >>> constitute valid memory areas, with out overlap.
>> >>
>> >> Attached (as "astksh_stpcpy.diff") is the updated patch to add
>> >> |stpcpy()|/|stpncpy()| support to ast-ksh.2013-07-19's libast... risk
>> >> should be very very low except for theoretical build issues...
>> >>
>> >> * Notes:
>> >> - Now replaces |strcopy()|'s core. I've refrained from any cleanup to
>> >> move existing |strcopy()| over to |stpcpy()| to keep the patch
>> >> small... once this patch is accepted I do a "ast-open"-wide sweep and
>> >> some more cleanup anyway (e.g. there is still some leftover repeated
>> >> |strcat();strcat()| usage etc.)
>> >
>> > *GRUMPF* ... I ran afoul the lack of |stpncpy()| AGAIN... please...
>> > it's getting frustrating for me...
>>
>> Do you seriously believe either David or Glenn care? Typically if
>> project leads act that way then you can submit the patch over and over
>> again, but that doesn't make them less ignore you. I think a lot of
>> people here have given up with ast (or its stepchild uwin) because
>> contributions aren't welcome.
>>
>> Josh
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> That's not really fair as these guys _are_ accepting patches but are
> seriously overloaded.  Have you seen the volume of patches that Roland is
> sending them?  That's fantastic BTW.  Thanks, Roland!   But seriously?
> These guys need a break.  And as Glen said recently:
>
>   "ast is not gsf/dgk's only job"
>
> It would be nice if they had everything set up with git and a bug tracker
> but I actually wonder if it would make their job any easier because then
> they would have more work maintaining those systems,

Are you serious? I doubt Glenn and David maintain research.att.com
themselves. There ought to be an admin. But this IMO a management
question, or a breakdown of said management that his request to
improve efficiency is not implemented. A quick look at the situation
tells me that there is time wasted, time of Glenn and David, which
AT&T provides the payroll for.
If something like that would've happening at CERN the responsible
manager would already be writing a lot of emails to explain himself
and why no actionable item exists. Or cleaning a hot cell with a tooth
pick. From the inside.

Lionel
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