Re: [RFC] Add kernel<->userspace ABI stability documentation

Al Boldi
2006-03-07T14:45:43Z

> > > API design is not rocket science, it just requires effort.
> >
> > Agreed.
> >
> > However history does show that most people get API design wrong, at
> > least the first time.
> >
> > So the question is can we get good enough at review that we can live
> > with the few mistakes that make it through?
>
> Exactly.
>
> Combined with the fact that we do not have many reviewers (it's a
> thankless, grumpy job), makes it very hard to make it "good enough"...

There is a secret in creating a successful API; it's called ABSTRACTION.

ABSTRACTION is a piece of cake, if supported by an intricate knowledge of the
subject involved.

--
Al