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Seems like it would be easier to identify and fix cases of ABI compat breakage in the Linux userland than to convert Linux to Windows.
by pizlonator 2y ago
Seems like it would be easier to identify and fix cases of ABI compat breakage in the Linux userland than to convert Linux to Windows.
- Spivak 2y agoThis would be an option if the Linux userland wasn't a mish-mash of unconnected developers with their own practices and release cadence. It's why we have LTS distros where the company will put in the massive amount of work to preserve binary compatibility. But the trade-off is that the software you have in your repos will be really old. At the end your RHEL support cycle libs will be a decade out of date.
- GoblinSlayer 2y agoOpenSSL
- pizlonator 2y agoWhat about it
- avodonosov 2y agoBreaks compatibility. They remove or rename functions often and openly say they are not going to maintain compatibility.
- pizlonator 2y agoThere are lots of alternative ssl libraries. Point still stands: fixing the situation with these libraries seems like less fuss than turning Linux into windows.