Re: [RFC] Wireless extensions rethink

[Jean Tourrilhes <jt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 03:52:39PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> I'm _not_ blaming you for anything.  You have certainly contributed a 
> lot.  I've enjoyed working with you in the past, today, and hopefully 
> into the future as well.  I _am_ listening.  But I think we have a 
> fundamental disagreement:
> 
> I feel strongly (as you see :)) that the type-opaque interface has got 
> to go, and that means breaking backwards compatibility in the driver API.

        Jeff, the main disagreement is not about type-opaque versus
strongly-typed interfaces. I gave you a patch to do that, and I told
you you were free to do it the way you want, I would not get in the
way.
        The main disagreement is about backward compatibility. I've
been fighting for 8 years to maintain backward compatibility. I
believe in it, and I not accept gutting it for no good reasons.

>       Jeff

        Jean