2008/8/25 Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > SciFi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted > [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 > 07:38:35 +0000: > > > "Usenet Growth Reveals Need for 64–bit Based Article Numbering" > > > > <http://www.giganews.com/news/article/64-bit-Usenet.html> > > > > I am a GN customer [...] > > > > This much retention along with massive numbers of articles in the binary > > groups [...] are causing them to issue this warning: > > > > "Giganews is advising all Usenet client and NNTP software developers to > > adopt a 64–bit unsigned integer format for article numbering. [T]he > > first newsgroup to exceed this limit is anticipated to do so in about > > 200 days" [from 18–August–2008.] > > > > I bet this will also affect 'NZB' indexes [...] > > > > I wonder what is pan2's status w/r/t this? Shall I open a bug–report to > > track it (maybe already open)? (heh, hope my sign–on info still works > > there) > > Just grepping the sources a bit, it looks like the article struct is > defined in a number of places as including unsigned long "number", so on > 32-bit (IDK what long is on x86_64, but IIRC it's 32-bit as well?), it's > absolutely going to be a problem. > > So yes, I'd file a bug. > > I'd also get cracking on a patch, either providing one yourself if you > can, or if like me you're not a coder, consider asking your distribution > maintainer for help/suggestions. Charles definitely codes in spurts, and > while he recently took enough time to roll up a few bugs with patches > already filed, including newer gcc and glib compatibility patches and a > security patch, with 0.133, it was released nearly a year after 0.132, > and I've seen little indication (I'm running SVN head) that was more than > just a quick "minimal maintenance" mode update. > > If that's true, there's no guarantee at all that Charles will get back to > pan and do anything at all about this by your deadline of ~February/ > March. If a drop-in patch is supplied, the chances of having Charles > apply it and release are dramatically improved, and even if he doesn't, > once there's a patch attached to an "upstream" (for distributions) bug > that distributions can simply apply, they'll generally get it out there, > tho to get it in a shipped distribution will again take several months. > Thus, as I said, if you want it by February, especially if you don't > yourself compile from source, you better get cracking on getting > /somebody/ interested in it, yesterday if not sooner! > > Presuming your not a coder (I'm not either), hopefully someone here that > is will take an interest. >
this might mean quite a big trouble with klibido too... -- dott. ing. beso
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