On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 07:19:47PM -0500, Michael Richardson wrote:
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"Donald" == Donald Becker [off-list ref] writes:
Donald> The drivers in the kernel are now heavily modified and have significantly
Donald> diverged from my version. Sure, you are fine with having someone else
Donald> do the difficult and unrewarding debugging and maintainence work, while
Donald> you work on just the latest cool hardware, change the interfaces and are
Donald> concerned only with the current kernel version.
I agree strongly with Donald.
Interfaces should NEVER change in patch level versions.
Just *DO NOT DO IT*.
Go wild in odd-numbered.. get the interfaces right there.
But leave them alone afterward.
Umm, if I recall correctly, they're rehashing a flame war about stuff
that occurred in 2.3. It doesn't need any additional kindling.
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