Re: [PATCH] i2c-tools: Remove superseded i2c-tools 3.0.1.

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>]

On Mon, 16 Nov 2009, Florian Boor wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Robert P. J. Day schrieb:
> > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
>
> I do not agree on this. There is no way to make sure people are not
> using it. Even if it is unlikely the new release might break for
> some of our users or just rely on something that is not available
> for everyone. Apart from this I do not see much of a reason for
> removing it at all.

  based on a couple earlier comments, i'll agree.  so what's the
proper protocol for adding a newer version?  just submit a patch that
*adds* the appropriate content while leaving the current version info
in place?  i can easily submit a patch for that.

rday
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