Re: TRY AGAIN, error running Maple 7 on Fedora 10

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• From: "Patrick O'Callaghan" <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:16:48 -0430
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On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 22:20 -0400, William M. Quarles wrote:
> I don't see what 
> the point is of making Linux (i.e. specifically the kernel) 
> reverse-compatible if the GNU distributors (e.g. The Fedora Project) 
> don't allow GNU to be so.

AFAIK Linus refuses to guarantee binary backwards compatibility for the
kernel, to allow him to change APIs when he feels it necessary.

poc

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