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    SubjectRe: [patch 2.6.9 0/11] Add MODULE_VERSION to several network drivers
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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.
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