Oct 15, 2026, 10:45 PM@nina_kali_nina @mcc
Not the "stable ABI" thing again.
I remember when Slashdot Linux posts alternated between "Linux doesn't have a stable ABI" and "Linus yells at someone for making a tiny change to a 30 year old ABI that is still used by one application from 1999".
Which is it?
Oct 15, 2026, 10:47 PM@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
@leeloo @mcc it can be both :)
Also, I realised there's much better argument here: https://drewdevault.com/blog/AI-in-Linux/