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Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 09:47:51 -0500
From: "Tom Gall" <tgall.foo@gmail.com>
To: "Josh Boyer" <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Schedule removal of arch/ppc
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June 2008 is a long time away to let this linger. Why not say by End of the
year 2007?  That should give folks essentially two more 2.6 releases.

Regards,

Tom

On 7/3/07, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> The arch/ppc tree has been in a semi-nebulous "bug fix only" state for a
> few kernel releases now.  The patch below officially declares this as of
> the 2.6.22 kernel release and schedules arch/ppc for removal in June of
> 2008.
>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> ---
> Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt |   12 ++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> --- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> +++ linux-2.6/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> @@ -348,3 +348,15 @@ Who:  Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
>
> ---------------------------
>
> +What: The arch/ppc and include/asm-ppc directories
> +When: Jun 2008
> +Why:  The arch/powerpc tree is the merged architecture for ppc32 and
> ppc64
> +      platforms.  Currently there are efforts underway to port the
> remaining
> +      arch/ppc platforms to the merged tree.  New submissions to the
> arch/ppc
> +      tree have been frozen with the 2.6.22 kernel release and that tree
> will
> +      remain in bug-fix only mode until its scheduled removal.  Platforms
> +      that are not ported by June 2008 will be removed due to the lack of
> an
> +      interested maintainer.
> +Who:  linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
> +
> +---------------------------
>
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> Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
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June 2008 is a long time away to let this linger. Why not say by End of the year 2007?&nbsp; That should give folks essentially two more 2.6 releases.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Tom <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/3/07, 
<b class="gmail_sendername">Josh Boyer</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com">jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
The arch/ppc tree has been in a semi-nebulous &quot;bug fix only&quot; state for a<br>few kernel releases now.&nbsp;&nbsp;The patch below officially declares this as of<br>the 2.6.22 kernel release and schedules arch/ppc for removal in June of
<br>2008.<br><br>Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer &lt;<a href="mailto:jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com">jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com</a>&gt;<br><br>---<br> Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt |&nbsp;&nbsp; 12 ++++++++++++<br> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
<br><br>--- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt<br>+++ linux-2.6/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt<br>@@ -348,3 +348,15 @@ Who:&nbsp;&nbsp;Tejun Heo &lt;<a href="mailto:htejun@gmail.com">htejun@gmail.com
</a>&gt;<br><br> ---------------------------<br><br>+What: The arch/ppc and include/asm-ppc directories<br>+When: Jun 2008<br>+Why:&nbsp;&nbsp;The arch/powerpc tree is the merged architecture for ppc32 and ppc64<br>+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;platforms.&nbsp;&nbsp;Currently there are efforts underway to port the remaining
<br>+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;arch/ppc platforms to the merged tree.&nbsp;&nbsp;New submissions to the arch/ppc<br>+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tree have been frozen with the 2.6.22 kernel release and that tree will<br>+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;remain in bug-fix only mode until its scheduled removal.&nbsp;&nbsp;Platforms
<br>+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that are not ported by June 2008 will be removed due to the lack of an<br>+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interested maintainer.<br>+Who:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="mailto:linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org">linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org</a><br>+<br>+---------------------------
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