cvs commit: src/sys/compat/linux linux_socket.c

[Maxim Sobolev]

M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <422F087F.9030906 at portaone.com>
>             Maxim Sobolev <sobomax at portaone.com> writes:
> : and need this tool to upgrade otherwise perfectly working system(s).
> 
> As a veteran of ABI wars, I think that you have an unrealistic
> expectations about what can be done.  While an interesting goal, too
> many of the developers are hard wired to not even think about such
> considerations to make it successful.  We have a hard enough time
> making backward compatibility work, there's no hope for 'forward'
> compatability.

As a junior of ABI wars I think I have a realistic expectation about 
what can be done. Yes, many developers don't care about `backward' 
compatibility, let alone `forward' compatibility, but in fact both are 
really necessary in we want to position FreeBSD as a sound design.

-Maxim