[2495] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Kernel interface changes (was Re: cdrecord problems on
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Thu Feb 4 21:36:41 1999
To: Khimenko Victor <khim@sch57.msk.ru>
Cc: Arvind Sankar <arvinds@MIT.EDU>, xiphmont@MIT.EDU,
alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu,
linux-dev@MIT.EDU, jered@MIT.EDU, nemo@MIT.EDU, cox@idecnet.com
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 04 Feb 1999 21:35:40 -0500
In-Reply-To: Khimenko Victor's message of Fri, 5 Feb 1999 03:50:38 +0300 (EET)
Khimenko Victor <khim@sch57.msk.ru> writes:
> Why you must rebuild 1000's of client machines ? You should compile kernel
> anyway to make upgrade -- why not compile all needed modules as well ????
Because they don't have the source for those modules -- the company
that created them have the source.
> Unfortunatelly not. I'm could kill ANY WindowsNT system without Admin or
> even Power User access just by doing some nasty things with DDE. Why it's
> not fixed ? "Oh, this will break so many programs..."
So, change it during the development cycle; Linux 2.1 is the perfect
time for things like that. However, once 2.2 is released, hold it and
wait until 2.3.
-derek
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