Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:39:09 -0400 | From | Sasha Levin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] tools, perf: Add a precise event qualifier v2 |
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On 07/23/2013 06:51 PM, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 05:27:43PM -0400, Vince Weaver wrote: >> > >> >I hate having to justify why breaking the ABI is unacceptable. > Well it's a testing ABI, so we can do changes to it.
The testing ABI has a simple policy about changes:
The interface can be changed to add new features, but the current interface will not break by doing this, unless grave errors or security problems are found in them.
It's probably fine to change a testing ABI once in a while, but when things like trinity start breaking that often due to ABI changes in the same exact place, that's too much IMO.
Thanks, Sasha
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