Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch 2.6.9 0/11] Add MODULE_VERSION to several network drivers | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:11:17 +0200 |
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On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 14:55, John W. Linville wrote: > > Not really. I have absolutely no problem with a MODULE_VERSION macro > > *IF* the version it advertises means something. However if the version > > it advertises has no meaning whatsoever (eg the version number never > > gets updated) then imo it's better to NOT advertise anything so that > > other tools (like dkms) don't make assumptions and decisions based on > > nothing-meaning data. > > Again, I think it would have to be the maintainer's responsibility > to make the version numbers meaningful.
absolutely; however you're not the maintainer of all of the ones you patched... and I still argue that until the number is meaningful exporting it as meaning something is more harm than good. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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