Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel

[Dave Jones]

On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 12:02:54AM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote:
 > On Sat, 03 Dec 2005, Dave Jones wrote:
 > 
 > > In many cases, submitters of changes know that things are going
 > > to break. Maybe we need a policy that says changes requiring userspace updates
 > > need to be clearly documented in the mails Linus gets (Especially if its
 > > a git pull request), so that when the next point release gets released,
 > > Linus can put a section in the announcement detailing what bits
 > > of userspace are needed to be updated.
 > 
 > This isn't acceptable in stable kernels. FreeBSD has a very tight
 > policy, newer kernels off the same branch support older user space.

The BSDs have an advantage in that their userspace & kernels are closely
coupled. When kernel changes need a userspace change, it gets done at the
same time in the same repository.

		Dave
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