Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:14:27 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Jeff Roberson <jroberson@jroberson.net> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org>, Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Linux kernel compatability Message-ID: <85271.1294128867@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:34:30 -1000." <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101031333400.1450@desktop>
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In message <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101031333400.1450@desktop>, Jeff Roberson writes: >Also, linux likes to change things very rapidly. Not to mention a lot of >their APIs go against the grain on BSD and we would not find them >aesthetically or architecturally pleasing. Absolutely. But we, as a project, must also weigh the cost of our sensibilities and preferences, against how much work we must expend to uphold them. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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