Re: Weird spelling fixes in 2.1.107

Jon Hamilton (hamilton@pobox.com)
Fri, 26 Jun 1998 19:47:48 -0500

In message <Pine.LNX.3.91.980626153836.7044C-100000@mhw.OIT.IUPUI.EDU>, "Mark H
. Wood" wrote:
} On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Tethys wrote:
} [deletia]
} > >To break code because someone did not like the way cpu & fpu were
} > >capitalized is lunacy.
} >
} > No, to give clients an untested development kernel that's only been out
} > for a few days is lunacy, and I'm afraid I have little sympathy for you.
}
} I have *some* sympathy because there are *two* problems here:
}
} 1. Someone who is trying out an OS for the first time should not be
} using an experimental kernel, true. HOWEVER:
}
} 2. Public interfaces shouldn't be incompatibly changed without a good
} reason and plenty of warning.

I don't think this argument holds water. How much warning do you get
when Linus makes a change in a development kernel? If you're lucky, it'll
get mentioned in the release announcement; often it doesn't get any public
mention until somebody notices that it's changed.

-- 
   Jon Hamilton  
   hamilton@pobox.com




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