Re: [INFO] Kernel strict versioning

[Adrian Bunk]

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

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