On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 15:43 +1000, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Monday 06 February 2006 14:34, Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 14:02 +1000, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> > > (they now have to download extra
> > > libraries to use the splashscreen, which were not required with the
> > > bootsplash patch, and need to check whether an update to the userui
> > > code
> > > is required when updating the kernel)
> >
> > You could have avoided this problem by keeping the userspace<->kernel
> > interface stable.
>
> True, but sometimes you need to make changes that do modify the interface.
> If the interface involves more functionality, this will happen more
> frequently.
Well, all I can say is, it should have been obvious that putting a
themeable UI in the kernel would not fly.
Lee
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