> > That said, the problems were due (IMHO) to a limitation in the > > update mechanism, not to the inclusion of a new system call. > > This is true depending on how you define "update mechanism". > A simple note from whoever made the decision to push the > change out to the effect of "hey, we're going to add a new > syscall, update your kernels before pulling new binaries" a > while before the push would have been sufficient.
technology doesn't solve human communiction problems. here's the Official Meme. simply s/spam/update issues/g and you're good: https://craphound.com/spamsolutions.txt - erik