@leeloo @nina_kali_nina Is it possible that different people at different times have wanted different things for different reasons?

Anyway, from my perspective a stable kernel ABI is pointless as long as LKML/Linus Torvalds remain trustworthy entities and extremely necessary if I'm trying to make an alternate OS which is capable of consuming Linux kernel modules. Moreover if I want forward compatibility, then de jure stability can actually be more important than de facto