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SubjectRe: Kernel interface changes (was Re: cdrecord problems on recent Linux versions)
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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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