Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Sep 1998 03:13:29 -0700 (PDT) | From | Jauder Ho <> | Subject | Re: this SUCKS. |
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I aplogize if I am wrong. But as I remember the sequence of events was that Tom broke a whole bunch of stuff maybe under Alan's direction although I remember Alan saying he had nothing to do with it as I submitted the patches back to Alan. however that is in the past. On the other hand, now that Linux is in much wider distribution, what I am saying is that we should carefully consider userland visible changes to the API before changing it even when it is obviously the "right thing". #ifdef although I know how much Linus hates those. Heck make it a generic config option. CONFIG_LAME_WORKAROUND_FOR_VENDOR
A simple heads up to the vendors might be enough or like I said, put in a shoot yourself in the foot option for retaining old behaviour and remove it in X amount of time which gives commercial software companies some room to manuver around in. We have to remember they can't move/change as fast we do. We need them as much as they need us if they even want to consider a non MS alternative.
Okay, anyone want to step up and as liason between kernel developers and commercial userland Linux producing companies?
--Jauder
On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, David S. Miller wrote:
> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 02:21:15 -0700 (PDT) > From: Jauder Ho <jauderho@carumba.com> > > <rant> > Tom, you've broken other stuff before in the sound stuff if I remember > correctly in particular the GUS stuff which I have to go back in and fix. > Please do NOT do this. > > I think you're jumping the gun on this person as I believe I remember > Alan Cox was a major part of the decision making process to change the > APIs and these issues were weighed, and the benefits outweighed the > losses. > > Later, > David S. Miller > davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com > >
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