linux-kernel - Re: wireless abi breakage (was Re: 2.6.18-git9 wireless fixes break ipw2200 association to AP with WPA)

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Date:	Sun, 1 Oct 2006 08:23:21 +0300
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Pavel Machek" <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	"Jean Tourrilhes" <jt@....hp.com>,
	"Alessandro Suardi" <alessandro.suardi@...il.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	"Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: wireless abi breakage (was Re: 2.6.18-git9 wireless fixes break ipw2200 association to AP with WPA)

On 9/30/06, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:
> Well... we are trying to have stable abi here. Breaking older wireless
> tools randomly is *not* okay in the middle of stable series.

Seconded. This is totally unacceptable so please fix up the ABI. You
must follow the proper procedure and add incompatible changes to
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt so people will have enough
to migrate.
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