Re: [PATCH] Add possibility to set /dev/tty number

From: Theodore Ts'o
Date: Tue Jan 05 2016 - 11:11:59 EST


On Tue, Jan 05, 2016 at 08:16:52AM -0500, Austin S. Hemmelgarn wrote:
> >We don't do regressions.
> Requiring only a recompilation isn't a regression, especially when it works
> fine without being recompiled, and I have yet to actually see anything that
> changing the number of VT's would break other than ConsoleKit
> (systemd-logind might also need a rebuild, but I'm not sure about that, and
> don't have a system I could test it on).

Sorry, breaking a compiled binary is a regression.

People have outlined more clever ways of trying to accomplish your
goal (saving memory) without breaking other people. I suggest you
give that a try instead of just trying to defend your existing patch.

- Ted
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