> Kai Germaschewski writes:
> > o Possibly add "-y" support to 2.4 (it's a pretty trivial change)
>
> That's the worst thing you could do for those of us maintaining
> 2.4/2.5 compatibility in drivers etc.
> Having to check "oh I'm in 2.4, let's see if I'm in 2.4.23 or
> $VENDOR 2.4.blah because then these random 2.5-like changes occurred"
> sucks like h*ll.
It'd be an additional feature, i.e. if it causes trouble for the code you
maintain, don't use it.
People who want a Makefile which works in all 2.4 + vendor then would
choose to stay with -objs, whereas people who prefer do have 2.4.latest
and 2.5 in sync could use -y, like, I'd guess, USB.
--Kai
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