Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261484AbVDNUBK (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:01:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261485AbVDNUBK (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:01:10 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:35076 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261484AbVDNUBC (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:01:02 -0400 Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:01:01 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Franco Sensei Cc: David Lang , Krzysztof Halasa , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [INFO] Kernel strict versioning Message-ID: <20050414200101.GC3628@stusta.de> References: <4256C89C.4090207@tin.it> <20050408190500.GF15688@stusta.de> <425B1E3F.5080202@tin.it> <20050412015018.GA3828@stusta.de> <425B3864.8050401@tin.it> <425C03D6.2070107@tin.it> <425E9FE2.6090102@tin.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <425E9FE2.6090102@tin.it> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1206 Lines: 32 On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 11:52:50AM -0500, Franco Sensei wrote: >... > An advantage is the total freedom about the code. Ok, I know. But as > long as the kernel grows, in size and in its use, something more should > be considered. ABI is a step forward companies and people like me in > handling linux easily. API and data structure stability should be > something in mind, since breaking compatibility from 2.6.8 to 2.6.8.1 > causes big troubles to anyone who's mantaining many machines. And if you >... Are you sure you know what you are talking about? ABI stability requires API stability [1]. cu Adrian [1] you can break the API without breaking the ABI, but these are mostly pathological examples -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/