Re: [PATCH] Add posix_spawn_file_actions_addclosefrom_np

[Chris Hanson <cmhanson%eschatologist.net@localhost>]

On Jun 29, 2026, at 5:14 AM, Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
>> If we want this in -11, it has to be commited like *today*. Any opinions
>> on it?
> 
> My take is that rushing things into 11 is not ok, and we are already
> well past the time to be taking features (maybe by 6 months).  We should
> be at bug fix only, and holding only for regresssions from 10.  It's
> been a year since branch, and we're 2 years and 3 months since 10.0, so
> I see us as 3 months beyond what should be viewed as the latest ok time.
> 
> That's not a comment on the wisdom or quality of the new code at all.
> Just that I think adding features to 11 before release should be seen as
> out of the question.

I’m totally OK with this. While I certainly think it’d be useful in a released NetBSD, it’s not like there won’t be a 12.

  — Chris