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Re: pthread_setname_np API is bad



On 09.08.2019 19:04, Paul Goyette wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, 9 Aug 2019, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> 
>> I think we should do something right now (even for NetBSD-9) to avoid
>> causing pain upstream.  Even the variadic change is an improvement. I
>> was just arguing that if we were going to make the change, let's go
>> all the way and fix it properly, but if people feel that there is a
>> chance for upstream to adopt the printflike setname_np() (I don't),
>> let's go for it.
> 
> Agreed on both points:
> 
> * Fix ASAP (now)

I disagree here.

> * It seems unlikely for upstream to adopt our current API
> 

Do you mean upstream 3rd party projects reusing our current API? This is
false as everybody that builds or targets NetBSD picks it without questions.

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