netdev - Re: [PATCH] vxlan: force user to set port value

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Message-Id: <20130515.154028.15755797576037157.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 15 May 2013 15:40:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	stephen@...workplumber.org
Cc:	dlstevens@...ibm.com, amwang@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vxlan: force user to set port value

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 15:04:33 -0700

> I made a mistake in the initial implementation using that value and
> every user for time immemorial has to suffer.

We don't break userland, period.

You don't have to explain to me how unfortunate this situation is,
I understand.

But that doesn't give us a license to break things on people.
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