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Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:44:41 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com> To: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> Cc: torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rjw@...k.pl, rodriguez@...eros.com, johannes@...solutions.net Subject: Re: [PATCH] wireless: fix regression caused by regulatory config option On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 01:18:18PM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:09:39 -0400 > "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com> wrote: > f > > > Change the default to "y" and also adjust the config text a little > > > to reflect this. > > > > Is it common practice to have compatibility options default to > > "y"? I'm not saying it shouldn't be, just wondering if it has been > > traditionally? > > yes > > default should be "keep working as before" > > it's not always nice, especially if you're trying to get rid of some > nasty stuff, but think of it this way: you should be able to use a > new kernel on an existing distro, at least for a reasonable type of > distro (eg something shipped in, say, the last 2 years). In this case: > even Fedora 10 is not likely to work! Well, I intended to make sure the Fedora guys picked the right option. :-) Anyway, I'm fine with default 'y'...however, Luis is probably somewhere buying a gun and looking-up your home address...just kidding...mostly... :-) John -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@...driver.com of your literate lifestyle. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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