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   Brodie Robertson (brodieonlinux@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jun-2025 14:06:05 JST Brodie Robertson

   I often see people take "don't break userspace" at face value, in the same way I see "UNIX philosophy", it might be time to actually explain what this was supposed to mean

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     Boiling Steam (boilingsteam@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jun-2025 16:06:30 JST Boiling Steam

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     @BrodieOnLinux It's not that complicated. Ensure that the kernel has stable APIs, interfaces, and system calls that behave the same way over time so that your applications on user space don't break after a kernel update

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     Brodie Robertson (brodieonlinux@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jun-2025 16:06:30 JST Brodie Robertson

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     • Boiling Steam

     @boilingsteam That's the problem, it gets used outside the kernel

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     96 🇧🇷🇺🇦 (gboncoffee@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Jun-2025 14:14:19 JST 96 🇧🇷🇺🇦

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     @BrodieOnLinux "don't break the client side" doesn't sounds as good