Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:39352 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934703AbZHERBD (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Aug 2009 13:01:03 -0400 Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:50:22 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: xxiao Cc: devel@lists.open80211s.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Status of 802.11s in wireless-testing? Message-ID: <20090805165021.GA20338@tuxdriver.com> References: <2f1373ed0908042145pc83adc5qd968e3bf8d0ce3c7@mail.gmail.com> <175701.5780.qm@web55308.mail.re4.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 In-Reply-To: <175701.5780.qm@web55308.mail.re4.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 09:08:54AM -0700, xxiao wrote: > I didn't see patches from open80211s project for a while, which > means it will break as the rest mac80211/drivers are evolving quickly. You may be right, but it _should_not_ mean that -- at least not necessarily. Yes, there will be accidental breakage from time to time. But developers ought to keep mesh in mind when making changes and they should be "on the hook" to fix whatever breaks. John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready. ?Viva Honduras Libre!