Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751531AbWB1Ljb (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:39:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751520AbWB1Ljb (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:39:31 -0500 Received: from mail.clusterfs.com ([206.168.112.78]:1202 "EHLO mail.clusterfs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751502AbWB1Ljb (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:39:31 -0500 From: Nikita Danilov MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17412.13937.158404.935427@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:39:29 +0300 To: Greg KH Cc: gregkh@suse.de, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Kay Sievers Subject: Re: [RFC] Add kernel<->userspace ABI stability documentation Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel In-Reply-To: <20060227190150.GA9121@kroah.com> References: <20060227190150.GA9121@kroah.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (patch 17) "chayote" (+CVS-20040321) XEmacs Lucid Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 781 Lines: 22 Greg KH writes: [...] > + > + stable/ > + This directory documents the interfaces that have determined to > + be stable. Userspace programs are free to use these interfaces > + with no restrictions, and backward compatibility for them will > + be guaranteed for at least 2 years. Most simple interfaces > + (like syscalls) are expected to never change and always be > + available. What about separating "stable" ("guaranteed for at least 2 years") and "standard" (core unix interface is not going to change ever)? Nikita. - 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/