Bug#607368: Please decide how kernel ABI should be managed

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 07:30:58PM +0100, Julien BLACHE wrote:
> reopen 607368
> tags 607368 - wontfix
> reassign 607368 tech-ctte
> retitle 607368 Please decide how kernel ABI should be managed
> thanks
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am hereby asking the tech-ctte to decide how the kernel ABI should be
> managed.
> 
> Case in point: the kernel team decided to ignore changes to the smp_ops
> symbol in 2.6.32-28 which broke external modules (vmware) without any
> prior warning.

FWIW; the ABI handling has been fairly strict during the lifetime of
a stable release. I'm not aware that the same situation has occured
during the Etch or Lenny lifetime.

Cheers,
        Moritz