Hi, On Thu, 2026-03-12 at 10:27 +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > Luckily the Linux kernel development team have a different approach, as > they believe user space programs should not need to be modified when new > kernel versions arrive. I believe it is part of the reason Linux is > such success.
Anything that uses IP firewalls in Linux had to be rewritten several times over because the Linux kernel breaks userspace. For ipchains, again for iptables and again for nftables, ... And that is just one example. And let's not ignore the endless "FTBFS" bugs that happen with every new GCC release. Or Python3. Or any new Gtk version. Or new Qt versions. Or Wayland. Or ... Or maybe everything mentioned is in reality developed by the systemd development team which would be quite impressive. Ansgar
