On 11/23/2012 06:14 AM, Barry Roberts wrote: > First, comparing to the kernel is probably a bad analogy here. Linus has > long been adamantly opposed to a long-term stable kernel ABI. And it seems > that's what most of the complaints are about here: shifting API's for > plugin, themes, notifications, etc.
Right. Linus may be a hard-nosed dictator, but I've never heard of him not responding to genuine requests from end users or companies using linux and just putting things in the Kernel that he feels matches his personal vision of Linux's "brand." Linus says inflammatory things often, and doesn't suffer fools gladly, but I've never heard him say some of the things the GTK+ devs has said in response to bug reports and asking to re-add features that used to be there. For example, Linus is not going to remove the old IDE subsystem because "you should be using SCSI or SATA, not IDE, fools." Things bitrot and are removed, of course. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
