From: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
To: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
Cc: kangur@polcom.net, mmazur@kernel.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] linux-libc-headers 2.6.3.0
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 17:15:35 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040306171535.5cbf2494.pj@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m38yidk3rg.fsf@defiant.pm.waw.pl>
> Changing kernel config should never change the API.
Linux would be in pretty sad shape if that held.
Incompatible API changes should be rare, but they are an essential part
of our continuing healthy evolution. In particular, there's a _long_
list of hardware devices that have at some time or other worked on
Linux, but don't anymore - usually because no one is still maintaining
the driver needed. But sometimes other API's have to change or
disappear as well.
Would you say that a city or county should _never_ raze a building or
remove a road as part of development?
Change happens. Deal with it.
--
I won't rest till it's the best ...
Programmer, Linux Scalability
Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> 1.650.933.1373
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-03-07 1:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-02-29 18:42 [ANNOUNCE] linux-libc-headers 2.6.3.0 Mariusz Mazur
2004-02-29 20:19 ` H. Peter Anvin
2004-02-29 20:30 ` Mariusz Mazur
2004-02-29 21:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
2004-02-29 21:21 ` Mariusz Mazur
2004-02-29 21:33 ` Måns Rullgård
2004-03-01 14:42 ` Chris Friesen
2004-03-01 18:10 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2004-03-03 12:49 ` Måns Rullgård
2004-03-03 15:22 ` Sam Ravnborg
2004-03-03 16:49 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2004-03-04 16:50 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-03-04 18:49 ` [Linuxabi] " H. Peter Anvin
2004-03-04 4:43 ` [Linuxabi] " H. Peter Anvin
2004-03-03 18:08 ` [ANNOUNCE] " Mariusz Mazur
2004-03-03 19:20 ` Grzegorz Kulewski
2004-03-04 14:13 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2004-03-04 20:49 ` Mariusz Mazur
2004-03-04 21:27 ` Chris Friesen
2004-03-04 22:52 ` Mariusz Mazur
2004-03-04 23:32 ` Chris Friesen
2004-03-05 17:02 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2004-03-05 23:44 ` Grzegorz Kulewski
2004-03-06 22:30 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2004-03-07 1:15 ` Paul Jackson [this message]
2004-03-07 19:00 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2004-03-08 1:28 ` Paul Jackson
2004-03-08 15:03 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2004-03-08 15:37 ` Chris Friesen
2004-03-08 20:27 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2004-02-29 21:25 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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