linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add possibility to set /dev/tty number

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Message-ID: <20160105161145.GA7138@thunk.org>
Date:	Tue, 5 Jan 2016 11:11:45 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Austin S. Hemmelgarn" <ahferroin7@...il.com>, G@...nk.org
Cc:	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Pierre Paul MINGOT <mingot.pierre@...il.com>, jslaby@...e.cz,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add possibility to set /dev/tty number

On Tue, Jan 05, 2016 at 08:16:52AM -0500, Austin S. Hemmelgarn wrote:
> >We don't do regressions.
> Requiring only a recompilation isn't a regression, especially when it works
> fine without being recompiled, and I have yet to actually see anything that
> changing the number of VT's would break other than ConsoleKit
> (systemd-logind might also need a rebuild, but I'm not sure about that, and
> don't have a system I could test it on).

Sorry, breaking a compiled binary is a regression.

People have outlined more clever ways of trying to accomplish your
goal (saving memory) without breaking other people.  I suggest you
give that a try instead of just trying to defend your existing patch.

       		  	   	     - Ted
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