Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756541AbcDDVZK (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2016 17:25:10 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:56138 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753043AbcDDVZI (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2016 17:25:08 -0400 Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:25:06 +0100 From: Al Viro To: "Artem S. Tashkinov" Cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: The most insane proposal in regard to the Linux kernel development Message-ID: <20160404212506.GI17997@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 707 Lines: 20 On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 05:43:47PM +0500, Artem S. Tashkinov wrote: > 1) Yeah, I know, you all hate that, but stable APIs and ABIs must be > introduced and supported for, let's say, at least three to five > years. "Must"? Whatever for? > One very big justification of this proposal is that core Linux > development (I'm talking about various subsystems like mm/ ipc/ and > interfaces under block/ fs/ security/ sound/ etc. ) has slowed down > significantly over the past years so radical changes which warrant > new kernel API/ABI are less likely to be introduced. Has it? > Please, share your opinion. Your mail setup is a disgrace - it has managed to delay your AFD posting until the next evening.