Messages in this thread | | | From | Felipe Alfaro Solana <> | Subject | Re: starting with 2.7 | Date | Wed, 5 Jan 2005 22:19:23 +0100 |
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On 5 Jan 2005, at 14:31, Helge Hafting wrote:
> Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote: > >> >> I don't pretend that kernel interfaces stay written in stone, for >> ages. What I would like is that, at least, those interfaces were >> stable enough, let's say for a few months for a stable kernel series, >> so I don't have to keep bothering my propietary VMWare vendor to fix >> the problems for me, since the new kernel interface broke VMWare. >> Yeah, I know I could decide not to upgrade kernels in last instance, >> but that's not always possible. > > You should definitely bother your proprietary vendor all the time, > they will then > see more clearly that they have to act fast _if_ they want to stay > proprietary.
I do bother them, but they try at its best to fix things, and they do. They are propietary, and neither me nor anyone can force them to change their minds.
>> If kernel interfaces need to be changed for whatever reason, change >> them in 2.7, -mm, -ac or whatever tree first, and let the community >> know beforehand what those changes will be, and be prepared to adapt. >> Meanwhile, try to leave 2.6 as stable as possible. > > Do you follow -mm, -ac, and friends closely? Most changes do happen > in -mm first. > So you have time, all the way up to the next release. Use that time > to bug your > vendor about the imminent change. There seems to be weeks between > releases > now, plenty of time for a vendor to stay up-to-date.
I try to follow -mm releases closely, but as someone said, the ChangeLog is extremely dense for me to try to understand what's going on deeply.
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