Re: Changing kernel API / Breaking VirtualBox - update criteria violation?

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2011/11/22 Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> The kernel ABI is the syscall interface, /sys and /proc. There is no
> stable module ABI between kernels - even with a small security update,
> the symbol versioning may change in such a way that the module ABI will
> change. Given that any interpretation of the stable update policy that
> prevented us from ever providing kernel security updates would be
> absurd, that's clearly not the correct interpretation. And if the module
> ABI isn't supported, nor is the API.
>
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> Matthew Garrett | mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> --

The failure is due to Fedora *non-upstream* versionning scheme,
VirtualBox has *already* fixes the API/ABI issue upstream relying on
the kernel version (since 3.2 RC).  It has nothing to do with the
kernel non-stable ABI policy (which is notorious).
The least we can do is helping third-party packagers to fix this
issue, not slamming the door on their face.

H.
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