From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422758AbWGNURK (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:17:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422751AbWGNURK (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:17:10 -0400 Received: from canuck.infradead.org ([205.233.218.70]:4073 "EHLO canuck.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422761AbWGNURJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:17:09 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.6.18 Headers - Long From: David Woodhouse To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Jim Gifford , LKML , ralf@linux-mips.org In-Reply-To: <1152905987.3159.46.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> References: <44B443D2.4070600@jg555.com> <1152836749.31372.36.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <44B6FEDE.4040505@jg555.com> <1152903332.3191.87.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <44B7F062.8040102@jg555.com> <1152905987.3159.46.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:16:42 +0100 Message-Id: <1152908202.3191.98.camel@pmac.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 (2.6.2-1.fc5.6.dwmw2.1) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by canuck.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 21:39 +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 12:28 -0700, Jim Gifford wrote: > > Unfortunately, a lot programs out there are using page.h, and a lot of > > people are using that in their programs. > > .... and they're all broken.... More to the point, now we're doing this from upstream we can be _consistent_ about telling them to sod off and fix their broken crap. We no longer have to deal with cries of 'but it works on $SOMEDISTRO' when another distro tries to impose some sanity rather than just pandering to it. Kernel headers are _not_ a library of random crap for userspace to use. -- dwmw2