From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: "Artem S. Tashkinov" <t.artem@lycos.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: The most insane proposal in regard to the Linux kernel development
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:25:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160404212506.GI17997@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <df7d5b0833dba5a3af6cf66e090aedb6@lycos.com>
On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 05:43:47PM +0500, Artem S. Tashkinov wrote:
> 1) Yeah, I know, you all hate that, but stable APIs and ABIs must be
> introduced and supported for, let's say, at least three to five
> years.
"Must"? Whatever for?
> One very big justification of this proposal is that core Linux
> development (I'm talking about various subsystems like mm/ ipc/ and
> interfaces under block/ fs/ security/ sound/ etc. ) has slowed down
> significantly over the past years so radical changes which warrant
> new kernel API/ABI are less likely to be introduced.
Has it?
> Please, share your opinion.
Your mail setup is a disgrace - it has managed to delay your AFD posting
until the next evening.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-04 21:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-04-02 12:43 The most insane proposal in regard to the Linux kernel development Artem S. Tashkinov
2016-04-04 21:25 ` Al Viro [this message]
2016-04-06 20:05 ` Greg KH
2016-04-07 9:01 ` Artem S. Tashkinov
2016-04-07 15:08 ` Greg KH
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