Re: Upcoming time boundary events

On 5/27/2025 8:15 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:

On 2025-05-23, Robert A. Brooks <FIRST.LAST@vmssoftware.com> wrote:

On 5/23/2025 14:11, Simon Clubley wrote:

The details are vague since it's been several years since I looked at
DECnet Phase IV, but there's a signed integer delta date field somewhere
in DECnet Phase IV (from a base date offset) that overflowed, at least
if you followed the spec, in 2021 (IIRC). I do remember that VMS treated
it as an unsigned integer, hence VMS wasn't affected.
>
I _think_ it was in EVL, but I can't be sure now.

   I fixed that one; it'll be good until my 100th birthday.
>

 $ set response/mode=good_natured
 I wonder if people will have stopped using DECnet Phase IV by then ? :-)

My impression is that:
* people are now preferring IV over V, because people only
   need IV functionality and IV is simpler
* people does not use DECnet that much today, but often enough
   that they still prefer to have it installed
* usage is almost entirely:
   - $ SET HOST
   - RMS file specs
   - task-to-task (for those running OSU HTTPD or something else
     requiring it)
Arne