The BSDs dealt with this change a very long time ago. It is quite sad Linux is still dragging its feet. This situation shows the catastrophic inability of this

The BSDs dealt with this change a very long time ago. It is quite sad Linux is still dragging its feet. This situation shows the catastrophic inability of this community to plan and execute significantly involved changes, even if they're desperately needed or otherwise offer blatant significant improvement. Some examples include 64bit time, inodes, offsets. Musl. Libressl. Wayland.