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From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
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To: Andreas Bombe <bombe@informatik.tu-muenchen.de>
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Subject: Re: 2.5.1 API change summary
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On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Andreas Bombe wrote:

| On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 11:28:02AM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
| > On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Andreas Bombe wrote:
| >
| > http://www.osdl.org/archive/rddunlap/linux-port-25x.html .
|
| Nice.  I wasn't aware of that page.  So basically you attack the same
| problem I do (that it's not obvious that a thread on linux-kernel or
| other lists have interesting information deeply embedded).  You point to

Right. and most people don't want to dig for the info. :)

| the archived discussions and documentation whereas I just want to list
| the changes that did actually make it into a certain revision, without
| documenting much.

Your method catches more of the detailed changes -- I had missed
a few.
Mine captures discussion and decision-making.
Both have merits and are useful.

| We could probably combine our efforts, but I can't think of a way how
| (apart from just pointing to each other).

I've updated mine to do that.  It will appear soon.

Thanks,
-- 
~Randy

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