From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:43:22 -0500
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] flash.h: pull in common.h for types
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On Wednesday 18 November 2009 17:28:46 Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > > I don't know whether Linux has a specific policy on this, but I
> > > > haven't noticed many problems in this regard, and when I did find one
> > > > in the kernel a few years back I didn't get any argument when I
> > > > submitted a patch to fix it.
> >
> > ive semi-frequently post fixes to linux headers so that you can include
> > just that header and have it work.  i have yet to hear anyone complain;
> > rather every one has been merged (ignoring issues unrelated to the
> > original purpose).
> 
> Note that I don't complain. Your patch just made me aware that I don;t
> know if there is any official poicy for this anywhere, and my initial
> search was not really successfull.
> 
> Are you aware of any such official declarations for Linux, or glibc,
> or similar?

in terms of public headers that random end users include, i'm not aware of any 
standard and/or official declaration for either project, or any large 
important open source project for that matter
-mike
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