From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753275AbYJZUpm (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:45:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752081AbYJZUpa (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:45:30 -0400 Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:55777 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752044AbYJZUp3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:45:29 -0400 Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:44:41 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rjw@sisk.pl, rodriguez@atheros.com, johannes@sipsolutions.net Subject: Re: [PATCH] wireless: fix regression caused by regulatory config option Message-ID: <20081026204441.GA29566@tuxdriver.com> References: <20081026103024.2712ddc9@infradead.org> <20081026200939.GC12648@tuxdriver.com> <20081026131818.7517c103@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081026131818.7517c103@infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 01:18:18PM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:09:39 -0400 > "John W. Linville" wrote: > f > > > Change the default to "y" and also adjust the config text a little > > > to reflect this. > > > > Is it common practice to have compatibility options default to > > "y"? I'm not saying it shouldn't be, just wondering if it has been > > traditionally? > > yes > > default should be "keep working as before" > > it's not always nice, especially if you're trying to get rid of some > nasty stuff, but think of it this way: you should be able to use a > new kernel on an existing distro, at least for a reasonable type of > distro (eg something shipped in, say, the last 2 years). In this case: > even Fedora 10 is not likely to work! Well, I intended to make sure the Fedora guys picked the right option. :-) Anyway, I'm fine with default 'y'...however, Luis is probably somewhere buying a gun and looking-up your home address...just kidding...mostly... :-) John -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@tuxdriver.com of your literate lifestyle.