Re: 2.1.X and its separation from the Linux User base

Andi Kleen (ak@muc.de)
05 Feb 1998 04:44:36 +0100


alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) writes:

> > For 2.2: Freeze, fix the bugs and get things out ASAP before trying any
>
> Linus has already announced the first stage of freezing stuff. Im no longer
> letting people change visible network API's and various "aimed for 2.1.x"
> features are now "aimed at 2.3.x, disabled".

I plan to change one visible network API still - IP_RECVERR - because the
current API is simply too broken for 2.2 IMHO. Because it was a 2.1 invention,
isn't documented yet and has no installed base (the only use I've ever seen
was in my own test programs) I don't think this will cause problems.

-Andi