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Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 09:48:54 -0700
From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kconfig: Add transitional symbol attribute for
 migration support
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On Mon, Sep 01, 2025 at 12:09:14PM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2025, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org> wrote:
> > The transitional syntax requires a type argument and prevents type
> > redefinition:
> >
> >     config OLD_OPTION
> >         transitional bool
> >         help
> >           Transitional config for OLD_OPTION migration.
> 
> How long do you think we'll need to keep the transitional config options
> around? Forever?

As with the "manual" transitions, it'd probably be until the next LTS is
released.

-- 
Kees Cook