Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro.

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Tue Nov 27 2007 - 21:30:20 EST


On Tuesday 27 November 2007 16:35:42 Tom Tucker wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 15:49 +1100, Rusty Russell wrote:
> Explicitly documenting what comprises the kernel API (external,
> supported) and what comprises the kernel implementation (internal, not
> supported).

But the former is currently an empty set.

> - making it obvious to developers when they are binding their
> implementation to a particular kernel release

See, there's your problem. All interfaces can, and will, change. You're
always binding yourself to a particular release.

So you're not proposing we mark what's not stable, you're arguing that we
create a subset which is stable.

That's an argument we're not (yet) having.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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