Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:25:06 +0100 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: The most insane proposal in regard to the Linux kernel development |
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On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 05:43:47PM +0500, Artem S. Tashkinov wrote:
> 1) Yeah, I know, you all hate that, but stable APIs and ABIs must be > introduced and supported for, let's say, at least three to five > years.
"Must"? Whatever for?
> One very big justification of this proposal is that core Linux > development (I'm talking about various subsystems like mm/ ipc/ and > interfaces under block/ fs/ security/ sound/ etc. ) has slowed down > significantly over the past years so radical changes which warrant > new kernel API/ABI are less likely to be introduced.
Has it?
> Please, share your opinion.
Your mail setup is a disgrace - it has managed to delay your AFD posting until the next evening.
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