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

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1003061127060.31447@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:28:16 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Sergio Monteiro Basto <sergio@...giomb.no-ip.org>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.sf.net
Subject: Re: [git pull] drm request 3



On Sat, 6 Mar 2010, Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote:

> On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 09:40 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > Why are people making excuses for bad programming and bad technology?
> 
> Is not bad technology is new technology, the API have to change faster ,
> unless you want wait 2 years until get "stable" .  

F*ck me, but people are being dense.

With my suggestion, people could change the API _more_, because it 
wouldn't be as painful.

This is not about "change the ABI or not". This is about "since you change 
the ABI, do it _well_, so that it doesn't hurt people as much".

		Linus
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