Re: starting with 2.7

[Helge Hafting]

Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote:

>  I don't pretend that kernel interfaces stay written in stone, for 
> ages. What I would like is that, at least, those interfaces were 
> stable enough, let's say for a few months for a stable kernel series, 
> so I don't have to keep bothering my propietary VMWare vendor to fix 
> the problems for me, since the new kernel interface broke VMWare. 
> Yeah, I know I could decide not to upgrade kernels in last instance, 
> but that's not always possible.

You should definitely bother your proprietary vendor all the time, they 
will then
see more clearly that they have to act fast _if_ they want to stay 
proprietary.

> If kernel interfaces need to be changed for whatever reason, change 
> them in 2.7, -mm, -ac or whatever tree first, and let the community 
> know beforehand what those changes will be, and be prepared to adapt. 
> Meanwhile, try to leave 2.6 as stable as possible.

Do you follow -mm, -ac, and friends closely?  Most changes do happen in 
-mm first.
So you have time, all the way up to the next release.  Use that time to 
bug your
vendor about the imminent change.  There seems to be weeks between releases
now, plenty of time for a vendor to stay up-to-date.

Helge Hafting
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