To: arnd@arndb.de
CC: diegocg@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
In-reply-to: <200411210314.59537.arnd@arndb.de> (message from Arnd Bergmann on
	Sun, 21 Nov 2004 03:14:58 +0100)
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/13] Filesystem in Userspace
References: <E1CVeML-0007PA-00@dorka.pomaz.szeredi.hu> <20041121003755.3342a1cb.diegocg@gmail.com> <E1CVfgb-0007Ze-00@dorka.pomaz.szeredi.hu> <200411210314.59537.arnd@arndb.de>
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From: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:15:42 +0100
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> But once it is integrated, you can no longer make incompatible changes to
> the API.

Yes, generally backward compatibility is a good thing and I shall try
to follow it as far as I can.

However, FUSE is still young (only 3 years old), and I can imagine,
that there will come a time, (not too often) when it's better to break
the API than to carry a lot of compatibility cruft around.  And in
that case the version is very useful.

Also it's useful to distingush the integrated version from the older
standalone versions.

Thanks,
Miklos
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