Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 29 May 2004 16:18:33 +0200 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: Fw: Re: keyboard problem with 2.6.6 |
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On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 04:07:36PM +0200, Andries Brouwer wrote: > On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 09:09:53AM +0200, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > > > One more thought: The emulated PS/2 mouse so many people are complaining > > about is there only because applications like X cannot use the native > > event interface. It was intended to be removed after that support is > > added, but with X development being as slow as it is, it didn't ever > > happen. > > A mistake.
Well, yes. It's just 99% compatible, and it wasn't removed yet. But I still hope it eventually will.
> You add new functionality. That is good. At the same time you want > to force people to use this new stuff by throwing out the old. Bad. > > It is almost impossible to remove features from the kernel.
I had hoped with so few programs using it (basically only X), it shouldn't be so impossible.
> People have a great variety of user space setups, and can have > lots of reasons why it is undesirable or impossible to change > their software, while a new kernel may be required to support > new hardware or for security reasons. > > One should always (i) go in a long series of tiny steps, > (ii) attempt to be 100% backwards compatible. > Obsoleting old stuff is done over a period of more than > five years, if at all. > > Andries >
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