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V4 Of KDBUS Posted For The Linux Kernel
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Originally posted by tpruzina View PostMaybe bit premature, I've been testing kdbus from latest git tree for about a year now and it's FAR from stable. Over last 6 months there were 2 ABI breakages that made system unbootable for days (till both kdbus and systemd repository got synced).
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Originally posted by smitty3268 View PostOnce it's shipped, the kernel guarantees backwards compatibility. That's one of the reasons code review up front and getting it right from the start is so important.
Most of recent commits consisted of documentation updates so I guess it's on good track.Last edited by Guest; 09 March 2015, 10:02 PM.
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Originally posted by tpruzina View PostWell, my original comment reacted to "Ship it!" comment. I am myself inclined to believe that kdbus is a good thing, I'm just saying that it's not stable enough. And you guys are replying to me that It's not stable [yet].
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Originally posted by tpruzina View PostWell, my original comment reacted to "Ship it!" comment. I am myself inclined to believe that kdbus is a good thing, I'm just saying that it's not stable enough. And you guys are replying to me that It's not stable [yet].
Most of recent commits consisted of documentation updates so I guess it's on good track.
So if you want to stop breaking compatibility, the path to doing that is to ship it. As long as it's not shipped, you're going to continue to see breaking API changes.
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Originally posted by newwen View Posthttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1908863
It has already made into Linux-next. We should see it in linux 4.1
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