Re: Development Model

[bert hubert]

> that (at least for now) no *MAJOR* "rip it out, stomp on it, burn it and 
> start over" parts of the kernel exist any longer? In other words, do you 

These ideas continue to exist. This is partly due to increasing skills of
developers but also to the changing environment. You'll find literally
scores of commits that say 'this was a good idea when were were limited to
1024 filedescriptor' or the like.

I think the tty layer has been ready to be ripped out and replaced for the
past 10 years though.

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