From: Bob Johnston <haloman@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: undeprecate raw driver.
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 13:53:40 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20070514T153159-406@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20070514124210.71d94d58@the-village.bc.nu
Alan Cox <alan <at> lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
> > Why not just use the terms:
> > * outdated - as a replacement for "deprecated".
>
> Because they don't actually mean the same thing ?
"superseded" would probably be a better word, perhaps lacking the negative
connotations of "deprecated"
> > * toberemoved - as a replacement for "obsolete".
>
> With spaces, I'd hope.
Sure.
I'm just trying to propose an alternative because it seems that
deprecated/obsolete causes some confusion.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-14 13:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-13 16:32 undeprecate raw driver Dave Jones
2007-05-13 16:35 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-13 16:43 ` Dave Jones
2007-05-13 16:46 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-05-13 17:34 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2007-05-13 17:56 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-05-13 20:06 ` Stefan Richter
2007-05-13 20:24 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-05-13 21:40 ` Stefan Richter
2007-05-13 20:10 ` Stefan Richter
2007-05-13 21:49 ` Tilman Schmidt
2007-05-13 22:42 ` Stefan Richter
2007-05-13 23:01 ` Bob Johnston
2007-05-14 11:42 ` Alan Cox
2007-05-14 13:53 ` Bob Johnston [this message]
2007-05-14 14:07 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-05-15 2:47 ` David Schwartz
2007-05-14 13:39 ` Bill Davidsen
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