On Monday 07 July 2008 20:37:33 Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 19:51:51 +0100 > > Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Binary modules usually last only a few releases before changes in the > > kernel break them by accident anyway so I would assume that if a binary > > driver vendor goes under the clock is ticking. > > I wouldn't say "by accident" - It has been my experience that > most of the time, the breakage is not only highly deliberate, but > triggered mostly by the high incidence of extreme OCD which kernel > developers seem to suffer from, causing them to make fantastic > wholesale changes to driver interfaces for utterly trivial > cosmetic reasons which add no stability or functionality, but > merely relieve their obsessive need to correct some "flaw" which > no one else can perceive :-).
Why is it considered OK to insult people on a mailing list, when you wouldn't to their face? Anne -- fedora-list mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
