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:Alan Cox Quits As Linux TTY Maintainer — "I've Had Enough"
Alan Cox Quits As Linux TTY Maintainer — "I've Had Enough"
Jul 30, 2009, 16 :34 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (6352 reads)

"> > Well, I thought we were expected to avoid breaking existing user space, even > > if that were buggy etc.

> I don't know where you got that idea from. Avoiding breaking user space > unneccessarily is good but if its buggy you often can't do anything about > it.

Alan, he got that idea from me. We don't do regressions. If user space depended on old behavior, we don't change behavior."

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Yeah - Alan through a temper tantrum, bu ...   Never the WHOLE story   
Steve Wilson
Jul 30, 2009, 16:59:03
 
Alan Cox hasn't stopped developing o ...   Re: Never the WHOLE story   
GreyGeek
Jul 30, 2009, 18:14:29
 
Looks like he's pretty serious and i ...   Re: Never the WHOLE story   
Cabal
Jul 30, 2009, 18:50:52
 
> Looks like he's pretty serious and ...   Re: Re: Never the WHOLE story   
Rainer Weikusat
Jul 30, 2009, 18:58:11
 
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