Stable API myth
Stable API myth
Posted May 10, 2011 6:04 UTC (Tue) by nicooo (guest, #69134)In reply to: Some interesting GNOME Shell extensions by rahulsundaram
Parent article: Some interesting GNOME Shell extensions
From the document: "The kernel to userspace interface is the one that application programs use, the syscall interface. That interface is _very_ stable over time, and will not break."
Posted May 10, 2011 6:35 UTC (Tue)
by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946)
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Stable API myth
I was referring to the way the other kernel interfaces are treated obviously. If there is a break, all the consumers are fixed in the kernel along with the change.