linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] reconsider [PATCH] hostname up to 255 character

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Date:   Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:53:54 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Matt Hardcastle <m@...dcastle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, drepper@...hat.com,
        Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@...-owl.de>,
        Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC] reconsider [PATCH] hostname up to 255 character

On 6/23/21 12:16 PM, Matt Hardcastle wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In 2006 Randy Dunlap submitted a patch [^1] to increase the supported hostname length to 255 characters. There was some discussion on the patch, but it appeared to go stale.
> 
> Are you open to reconsidering the change?
> 
> - m@
> 
> ^1 https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20060525204534.4068e730.rdunlap@xenotime.net/
> 

Hi,

Thanks for bringing this back up.  Very few people read/reply to LKML unless
they are Cc-ed on the email, so I'll add a few Cc's here.


-- 
~Randy