Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:38:34 -0500 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -mm] swsusp: userland interface (rev 2) |
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> We'll of course try to get the interface right at the first > try. OTOH... if wrong interface is in kernel for a month, I do not > think it is reasonable to keep supporting that wrong interface for a > year before it can be removed. One month of warning should be fair in > such case...
Users want to be able to boot between different kernels. Tying functionality to specific versions of userspace completely screws them over.
Dave
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