Hi Ben, On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 01:47:34PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Package: src:linux > Severity: wishlist > > Currently we attempt to maintain the kernel module ABI within each > stable release, and try to avoid ABI bumps within unstable other than > for new upstream releases. > > Sometimes we decide that an ABI change can be ignored (i.e. we allow it > to change withut bumping the ABI number) because it is not intended for > use by out-of-tree modules, only for specific modules built from the > kernel. However we do this reactively, rather than in advance. > > We could serve out-of-tree module users and packagers better if we > implemented a blacklist or whitelist of unstable symbols and made > modpost warn when they are used.
I think we can close this bug now (as we will not have to maintain ABI reference)? if you agree, please do so. Regards, Salvatore
