[5891] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: WG: AW: cdrecord problems on recent Linux versions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Hollis)
Thu Feb 11 20:14:38 1999
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 17:12:44 -0800 (PST)
From: Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net>
To: Monty <xiphmont@mit.edu>
Cc: Linux SCSI List <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199902120110.UAA13186@cutter-john.MIT.EDU>
On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Monty wrote:
> >> Am I insane? Am I the only one who believes that 'stable' means
> >> 'don't randomly fuck with it'?
> >I believe "optional" means "can be disabled completely".
> ...and when a change this large introduces new bugs into the old and
> new implementations? This is desirable in a 'stable' kernel?
Dont see how it would introduce new bugs into the old implementation since
all the relevant code would be #define'd out by the compiler. That is, if
its configured off, the code simply doesnt exist, and you get the old
implementation, pristine.
-Dan
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