From: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove the obsolete raw driver
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 18:25:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050521012505.GD2057@holomorphy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050521001925.GQ5112@stusta.de>
On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 02:19:25AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Since kernel 2.6.3 the Kconfig text explicitely stated this driver was
> obsolete.
> It seems to be time to remove it.
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
9 point releases is nowhere long enough. This removal needs to wait for
similar amounts of time as other removed interfaces (c.f. devfs, which
is far more offensive).
In general there are staging rules for this sort of affair, and although
I'm no expert in their fine points, nor can I even say what the exact
criteria are, but it's rather clear in this instance it's over the line.
I suspect a major release, planned as a staging ground for things like
e.g. this and removing devfs, would be the most appropriate time for it.
-- wli
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-05-21 1:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-05-21 0:19 [2.6 patch] remove the obsolete raw driver Adrian Bunk
2005-05-21 0:43 ` [2.6 patch] remove the obsolete raw driver] Anton Blanchard
2005-05-21 1:07 ` Jesse Barnes
2005-05-21 0:45 ` [2.6 patch] remove the obsolete raw driver Horst von Brand
2005-05-21 22:47 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-05-21 1:25 ` William Lee Irwin III [this message]
2005-05-21 7:41 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-05-21 7:52 ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-05-21 5:35 ` Greg KH
2005-05-21 11:49 ` Roman Zippel
2005-06-23 10:08 ` [2.6 patch] schedule the obsolete raw driver for removal Adrian Bunk
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