Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Kernel interface changes (was Re: cdrecord problems on recent Linux versions) | Date | Thu, 4 Feb 1999 02:53:05 +0000 (GMT) |
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> I hope you mean "new ioctl should have been added and old _documented_ > as deprecated"; removing (or changing) old interfaces as soon as a new
Yes. I mean and keep the old one around 8).
> one comes along is simply unacceptable. When I upgrade my kernel from > 2.0.30 to 2.0.35, I expect _everything_ to continue working as it did > before. If a major change must be made, bump the major number; I have > no problem with having to get a new version of inet-utils when I change > from 2.0.36 to 2.2.1...
I would be very reluctant indeed to put anything into 2.0.x that broke a single user space application. Even the optional modular sound doesnt fix the O_NDELAY stuff specifically to avoid breaking realplayer
Alan
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