Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 3 Dec 2005 18:09:35 -0500 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel |
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On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 12:02:54AM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: > On Sat, 03 Dec 2005, Dave Jones wrote: > > > In many cases, submitters of changes know that things are going > > to break. Maybe we need a policy that says changes requiring userspace updates > > need to be clearly documented in the mails Linus gets (Especially if its > > a git pull request), so that when the next point release gets released, > > Linus can put a section in the announcement detailing what bits > > of userspace are needed to be updated. > > This isn't acceptable in stable kernels. FreeBSD has a very tight > policy, newer kernels off the same branch support older user space.
The BSDs have an advantage in that their userspace & kernels are closely coupled. When kernel changes need a userspace change, it gets done at the same time in the same repository.
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