From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk" Subject: New list: linux-api@vger for API/ABI discussions Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:14:30 +0200 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-api-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org Gidday, At my request David Miller has created linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org Short description: This list is for discussions of changes to the Linux kernel/user interface (API or ABI); please CC this list on all patches that change the interface. Long description: There are many groups who have an interest in tracking changes to the Linux programming interface, for example: kernel developers, glibc and other C libraries, the man-pages project, LTP, LSB, and userland programmers. Currently there is no easy to track these changes; this list is a step towards fixing that. The list is for discussion of Linux API and (notwithstanding the list name) ABI changes. Its focus is particularly intended to be on changes in the Linux kerrnel-userland interface, but (IMO) notes on changes in the glibc interface would also be welcome, since many of the people that are interested in the kernel-userland interface are also interested in the glibc interface. Please CC linux-api@ on all patches that change the Linux kernel-userland interface, so that any interested parties can learn about those changes. (I'll submit patches to SubmitChecklist and Documentation/HOWTO to mention this.) If you see a patch that changes the interface that wasn't CCed to linux-api@, please forward the patch to that list, or better still, remind the author to CC the list with such patches should be CCed to the list. Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git man-pages online: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online_pages.html Found a bug? http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html