Re: stdlib broken strncasecmp.c

[Michael Zimmermann <sigmaepsilon92@gmail.com>]

> I've been subscribed to edk2-devel (wherever it lived whenever) since
> approx. April 2012. So, I checked all my yearly archives, and the only
> year where the search expression "df7729 patch" returns at least one hit
> is 2013. Please don't judge the project's development process from a
> four year old experience, there have been many changes.
For StdLib I actually have the same experience(from 1-2 years ago).
Patches either never get responded to or just forgotten after a long discussion.

Thanks
Michael

On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 11/10/17 20:09, David F. wrote:
>> I would submit a patch but over the years of fixes and enhancements,
>> they don't go anywhere. Then a couple years later someone does a
>> half-baked fix and I have to run merge resolution on svn.
>
> I've been subscribed to edk2-devel (wherever it lived whenever) since
> approx. April 2012. So, I checked all my yearly archives, and the only
> year where the search expression "df7729 patch" returns at least one hit
> is 2013. Please don't judge the project's development process from a
> four year old experience, there have been many changes.
>
> Please consider submitting a patch with git:
>
> https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/EDK-II-Development-Process
>
> (Optional reading:
> <https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/Laszlo's-unkempt-git-guide-for-edk2-contributors-and-maintainers>.)
>
> Please don't forget to CC the StdLib maintainers on your patch -- they
> are listed in "Maintainers.txt".
>
>> Anyway, the problem with that is the s1 compare to 0 should be before
>> the s1++ (otherwise it matches when the s1 string is shorter than the
>> s2 string).
>
> If you don't feel like posting a patch with git, can you perhaps
> register in the TianoCore Bugzilla, and file a bug report there?
>
>   https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/
>
>   Product:   EDK2
>   Component: Code
>   Package:   StdLib
>
> Thanks!
> Laszlo
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