Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265059AbTFYUuI (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 16:50:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265060AbTFYUuI (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 16:50:08 -0400 Received: from phoenix.infradead.org ([195.224.96.167]:32521 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265059AbTFYUtw (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 16:49:52 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 22:03:58 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: mocm@mocm.de Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn_Engel?= , Marcus Metzler , Michael Hunold , Sam Ravnborg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: DVB Include files Message-ID: <20030625220358.B13814@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , mocm@mocm.de, =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn_Engel?= , Marcus Metzler , Michael Hunold , Sam Ravnborg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030625182409.A29252@infradead.org> <16121.56382.444838.485646@sheridan.metzler> <20030625185036.C29537@infradead.org> <16121.58735.59911.813354@sheridan.metzler> <20030625191532.A1083@infradead.org> <16121.60747.537424.961385@sheridan.metzler> <20030625194250.GF1770@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <16122.379.321217.737557@sheridan.metzler> <20030625202312.GG1770@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <16122.2724.417649.622538@sheridan.metzler> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <16122.2724.417649.622538@sheridan.metzler>; from mocm@metzlerbros.de on Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 10:48:36PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 739 Lines: 15 On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 10:48:36PM +0200, Marcus Metzler wrote: > That was kind of the point. If I have to check and copy the includes > all the time I may run into trouble because of such changes. Whereas > without that, I only have to recompile. I don't have to check each and > evry possible place where old headers may be, which may even be > different for every distribution. If that's your attitude we should drop dvb from the kernel again. The Linux Kernel has a stable userspace ABI. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/