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SubjectRE: Binary compatability is about ADMINISTRATION!

> -----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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