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With Linux changes to the kernel can require cascading upgrades to packages or make packages obsolete or break packages. This is the exact opposite of Linus's
by thwarted 9y ago
With Linux changes to the kernel can require cascading upgrades to packages or make packages obsolete or break packages.
This is the exact opposite of Linus's well known and ranted about position on kernel compatibility with user space.
https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/23/75 https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/23/75
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/235335/why-is-there-a-linux-kernel-policy-to-never-break-user-space https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/235335/why-is-there...
- slavik81 9y agoHis philosophy is "don't break user space" but the cascading changes are mostly related to kernel modules, which are not user space. Proprietary graphics and wifi drivers seem to be the cause of a lot of that.