linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] drm request 3

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Date:	Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:38:17 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Luca Barbieri <luca.barbieri@...il.com>,
	Daniel Stone <daniel@...ishbar.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, skeggsb@...il.com,
	airlied@...ux.ie, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org, dri-devel@...ts.sf.net, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: [git pull] drm request 3

> The thing I objected to, in the VERY BEGINNING in this thread, i the fact 
> that the thing was done in such a way that it's basically impossible to 
> support the old/new ABI at all! 

What did you expect them to do. They said when you first forced a merge
that they would do this. They have no contract that I am aware of to
deliver you compatibility, in fact quite the reverse they said they
wouldn't be.

Then you attribute to malice what was done as a cleanup by people
who've pointedly never to commited to a constant API yet

 "That commit seems to _on_purpose_ try to avoid at all cost being 
  compatible."

Great way to make friends.

Alan
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