Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???)

Peter T. Breuer (ptb@it.uc3m.es)
Thu, 6 Aug 1998 19:54:44 +0200 (MET DST)


"A month of sundays ago Richard Gooch wrote:"
>
> Anthony Barbachan writes:
> By that argument you should never introduce something new because
> people will be "forced" to use the new thing.

That's right, and that's correct, except that you left out the precondition
"needlessly".

The burden is on you to

a) prove we need change
b) argue that the change you propose is the minimum that satisfies the need
c) do it in as backwardly-supportive (not "-compatible") a manner as possible.

> Please read the FAQ at http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/doc/lkml-faq.html

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Peter ptb@it.uc3m.es

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