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What he said was (AFAICT, the exact "we don't break userland, period" wording only appears in this HN thread. Let's go with the rant that I believe the GP was
by LukeShu 8y ago
What he said was (AFAICT, the exact "we don't break userland, period" wording only appears in this HN thread. Let's go with the rant that I believe the GP was referencing):
The "first rule of kernel maintenance":
If a change results in user programs breaking, it's a bug in the
kernel. We never EVER blame the user programs.
Then later, to drive home the point:
WE DO NOT BREAK USERSPACE!
So, sure, "there was no asterix on his statement saying to read the fine print"--he did better than an asterisk and fine print, he made it part of the main content.