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Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:33:22 -0500
From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] posix_types.h: Cleanup stale __NFDBITS and related
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Hi,

Josh Boyer wrote:

> Indeed.  However, I believe Linus pointed out that even before
> 8b3d1cda4f5f the macros that were removed weren't actually used.
> It's likely safe to go back further than just 3.4.
>
> I'll verify again in the morning and include the furthest back we could
> remove these.  For now, let's go with what you suggest to be safe.

I may be in the minority in having this view or missing a subtlety,
but shouldn't the question be the furthest back we need to remove
these rather than the furthest back we could?

Thanks,
Jonathan