On Wednesday 18 November 2009 17:28:46 Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > > I don't know whether Linux has a specific policy on this, but I > > > > haven't noticed many problems in this regard, and when I did find one > > > > in the kernel a few years back I didn't get any argument when I > > > > submitted a patch to fix it. > > > > ive semi-frequently post fixes to linux headers so that you can include > > just that header and have it work. i have yet to hear anyone complain; > > rather every one has been merged (ignoring issues unrelated to the > > original purpose). > > Note that I don't complain. Your patch just made me aware that I don;t > know if there is any official poicy for this anywhere, and my initial > search was not really successfull. > > Are you aware of any such official declarations for Linux, or glibc, > or similar?
in terms of public headers that random end users include, i'm not aware of any standard and/or official declaration for either project, or any large important open source project for that matter -mike
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