From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on archive.lwn.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by archive.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53DF07D2F0 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2019 07:40:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728565AbfAUHjz (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jan 2019 02:39:55 -0500 Received: from ms.lwn.net ([45.79.88.28]:32976 "EHLO ms.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728460AbfAUHjy (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jan 2019 02:39:54 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 66D242D0; Mon, 21 Jan 2019 01:43:43 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 18:43:38 -0700 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Federico Vaga Cc: Greg KH , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc:process: remove note from 'stable api nonsense' Message-ID: <20190120184338.01cd4ef9@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <20190118215804.3340-1-federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it> References: <20190118215804.3340-1-federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it> Organization: LWN.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.3 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 22:58:04 +0100 Federico Vaga wrote: > The link referred by the note can't be retrieved: this patch just > remove that old note. > > Signed-off-by: Federico Vaga > --- > Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst | 3 +-- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > index 24f5aeecee91..57d95a49c096 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > @@ -171,8 +171,7 @@ is also a rough job. > > Simple, get your kernel driver into the main kernel tree (remember we > are talking about GPL released drivers here, if your code doesn't fall > -under this category, good luck, you are on your own here, you leech > -.) If your > +under this category, good luck, you are on your own here, you leech). If your > driver is in the tree, and a kernel interface changes, it will be fixed > up by the person who did the kernel change in the first place. This > ensures that your driver is always buildable, and works over time, with I've applied this. I do wonder if the "you leech" should maybe come out too, though. I don't think that parasitic worms are a protected class under the CoC, but they might still suffer emotionally from being compared to the purveyors of proprietary modules... jon