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tracker1 on Dec 9, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Linux kernel maintainer says no to AMDGPU patch

I wouldn't say avoided.. A lot of the interfaces are still compatible with prior versions as is the software that runs on it, or we'd be on Kernel v50+ by now. Not all software, but a bit.

That said, the community isn't afraid of breaking changes to push future versions forward.

mixedCase on Dec 9, 2016 [–]

>A lot of the interfaces are still compatible with prior versions as is the software that runs on it, or we'd be on Kernel v50+ by now.

Linux doesn't follow SemVer.

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