Re: [PATCH -mm] swsusp: userland interface (rev 2)

[Pavel Machek]

On Út 24-01-06 17:38:34, Dave Jones wrote:
>  > We'll of course try to get the interface right at the first
>  > try. OTOH... if wrong interface is in kernel for a month, I do not
>  > think it is reasonable to keep supporting that wrong interface for a
>  > year before it can be removed. One month of warning should be fair in
>  > such case...
> 
> Users want to be able to boot between different kernels.
> Tying functionality to specific versions of userspace completely
> screws them over.

Well, by the time we have any _users_ interface should be
stable. Actually I believe interface will be stable from day 0, but...

								Pavel
-- 
Thanks, Sharp!
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