Re: 2024Q4 gif2png build fails

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Benny Siegert <bsiegert%gmail.com@localhost> writes:

> +jperkin
>
> On Thu, 26 Dec 2024, Greg Troxel wrote:
>
>>> Patch looks pretty straightforward.  Would have been nice to backport
>>> it before the branch, but since the sysctl and /proc vectors both
>>> reach the same data, I think this is reasonably low-risk to backport
>>> even to the 2024Q4 branch.
>>
>> With a pullup, the builds will be ok, and then it will be clear if the
>> pullup is trouble.  But with doing this at normal pace, I think the risk
>> is tiny.
>>
>> Just explaining why "get this in before the freeze is over" isn't always
>> a great plan, even if it's the outcome you want.
>
> Why are we discussing if this can go in before the branch? I thought
> the branch happened yesterday?

It did happen already.

Taylor just said it was too bad it didn't make the branch, and I was
explaining that last-minute pre-deadline changes are scary and pullups
are fine.