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Subject: Re: how about bringing Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
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Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   as time goes by, the informational value of the feature removal file
> is rapidly approaching zero, as alleged deadlines for removal are
> continually dismissed, while some removal dates as far back as 2005
> are still in that file.
> 
>   if those features aren't going to be removed, then will someone at
> least recalibrate their removal dates and update that file?

I'm adding Ccs of a few people, as LKML is a high volume list.
Overdue items are:

What:	Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices.
When:	December 2006

What:	PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl])
When:	November 2005

What:	remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread)
When:	August 2006

What:	CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING
When:	June 2006

What:   eepro100 network driver
When:   January 2007

What:	Unused EXPORT_SYMBOL/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exports
	(temporary transition config option provided until then)
When:	before 2.6.19

What:	i2c-isa
When:	December 2006

What:  drivers depending on OBSOLETE_OSS   [sic]
When:  options in 2.6.22, code in 2.6.24

	Note 1:	This entry is superseded by
		What:  drivers depending on OSS_OBSOLETE
		When:  options in 2.6.23, code in 2.6.25

	Note 2:	Current linux-2.6.22-git* has SOUND_BT878 and
		SOUND_CS4232 depending on OSS_OBSOLETE.

What:	/sys/firmware/acpi/namespace
When:	2.6.21
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Stefan Richter
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