Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 11:41:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: Kai Germaschewski <kai@tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
To: mikpe@csd.uu.se
cc: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>,
       Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Update fs Makefiles
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On Tue, 20 May 2003 mikpe@csd.uu.se wrote:

> Kai Germaschewski writes:
>  > o Possibly add "-y" support to 2.4 (it's a pretty trivial change)
> 
> That's the worst thing you could do for those of us maintaining
> 2.4/2.5 compatibility in drivers etc.
> Having to check "oh I'm in 2.4, let's see if I'm in 2.4.23 or
> $VENDOR 2.4.blah because then these random 2.5-like changes occurred"
> sucks like h*ll.

It'd be an additional feature, i.e. if it causes trouble for the code you 
maintain, don't use it.

People who want a Makefile which works in all 2.4 + vendor then would 
choose to stay with -objs, whereas people who prefer do have 2.4.latest 
and 2.5 in sync could use -y, like, I'd guess, USB.

--Kai


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