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On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Russell King wrote: > On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 08:05:30PM +0530, arun4linux wrote: > > Interfaces should NEVER change in patch level versions. > > Just *DO NOT DO IT*. > > I do agree on this. > > Rubbish. > > Think about what you've just said. Patch level version changes are > things like 2.5.43 to 2.5.44 or 2.4.19 to 2.4.20. > > You are saying that we shouldn't change any interfaces between (eg) > 2.5.43 and 2.5.44, but we should change every interface we want to > change between 2.4.15 and 2.5.0. > > This is obviously completely bogus. 2.5 is a _development_ tree. > Everyone should expect anything, including interfaces to change > between each development patch level. > > > This is a common complaint about linux kernel developers. And this always > > gives an insecure feeling :-) for the device driver or kernel module > > programmers. > > If interfaces are changed without extremely good reason between two > _stable_ patch level versions, that would be a bug. > There have been a few during 2.4... The alloc_kiovec stuff for instance and zap_page_range. 2.2 was much more stable. Interface changes in development series is (or atleast should be to everyone using linux) a known "feature". Regards, -- Steffen Persvold | Scali AS mailto:sp@scali.com | http://www.scali.com Tel: (+47) 2262 8950 | Olaf Helsets vei 6 Fax: (+47) 2262 8951 | N0621 Oslo, NORWAY - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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