Messages in this thread | | | From | fred.reimer@eclipsys ... | Date | Tue, 16 Feb 99 10:10:01 -0500 | Subject | RE: Binary compatability is about ADMINISTRATION! |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Oliver Xymoron <oxymoron@waste.org> > Sent: Monday, February 15, 1999 4:31 PM > To: Fred Reimer > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu; "'Anonymous'" <nobody@replay.com> > Subject: RE: Binary compatability is about ADMINISTRATION!
> Things change, and often for good reason. But the thing Monty was > complaining about (a change in the CDROM ioctl interface, IIRC) did in > fact appear to be the result of carelessness. Breaking an interface > should require _a really good reason_ and alternative should be > investigated. In this case, a new ioctl would have done the trick just > fine.
I agree, completely.
Fred Reimer Eclipsys Corporation
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