From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 9 15:51:48 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5424E16A4CE; Wed, 9 Mar 2005 15:51:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.village.org [168.103.84.182]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B22643D46; Wed, 9 Mar 2005 15:51:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (warner@rover2.village.org [10.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j29FoTIN011871; Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:50:29 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:50:35 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20050309.085035.129356491.imp@bsdimp.com> To: sobomax@portaone.com From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <422F087F.9030906@portaone.com> References: <422E407B.4080507@portaone.com> <86k6oht386.fsf@xps.des.no> <422F087F.9030906@portaone.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.3 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: des@des.no cc: alfred@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/compat/linux linux_socket.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:51:48 -0000 In message: <422F087F.9030906@portaone.com> Maxim Sobolev writes: : and need this tool to upgrade otherwise perfectly working system(s). As a veteran of ABI wars, I think that you have an unrealistic expectations about what can be done. While an interesting goal, too many of the developers are hard wired to not even think about such considerations to make it successful. We have a hard enough time making backward compatibility work, there's no hope for 'forward' compatability. Warner