Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Which is simpler? (Was Re: [Suspend2-devel] Re: [ 00/10] [Suspend2] Modules support.) | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Mon, 06 Feb 2006 13:48:01 -0500 |
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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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