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Subject: Re: Who changed /proc/<pid>/ in 2.6.0-test5-bk9?
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In article <20031001115248.GC23819@compsoc.man.ac.uk>,
John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org> wrote:
| On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 10:58:08AM +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
| 
| > Linus' 2.6.0-test6 announcement doesn't seem to mention the
| > fact that 2.6.0-test5-bk9 fundamentally changed the semantics
| > of /proc/self and the /proc/<pid> name space. These used to
| 
| Are these Albert Calahan's changes ?
| 
| For some reason I can't fathom they were sent privately to Linus without
| them first being posted publicly anywhere ...

I thought there had been discussion a while ago, but I can't put my
finger on it. In any case, I think the OP was noting that it was a
fairly impactful (is that a word?) change not to get a line in the
changelog. That's directed to whoever actually prepares the CL, not the
author of the patch.

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
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