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Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: Make CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches symlinks
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On Mon, 2017-01-23 at 11:44 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> When will/can we get rid of them?
> Old (doh) kernels, and new versions of stable kernels will keep on having
> them for the next +10 years.
> 
> To me, these[*] filenames are more like a user-visible API, which should
> not be changed without given consideration.

Yup.