Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary)
The kernel has a simple rule: no user regressions.
The kernel has a simple rule: no user regressions.
Yes, we've had to break that rule very occasionally - when the semantics are a huge honking security issue and cannot possibly be hidden any other way, then we obviously have to break them. Sure, fix your program, but let the kernel people know.
program, but let the kernel people know.
And kernel people should know that "oh, the user land people already changed their behavior" is *not* a "I don't need to care about it".
The kernel has a simple rule: no user regressions.
Yes, we've had to break that rule very occasionally - when the semantics are a huge honking security issue and cannot possibly be hidden any other way, then we obviously have to break them. Sure, fix your program, but let the kernel people know.
program, but let the kernel people know.
And kernel people should know that "oh, the user land people already changed their behavior" is *not* a "I don't need to care about it".