Re: [2.6 patch] remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL

Alan Cox
2008-01-01T16:15:52Z

On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 17:17:51 +0200
Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 02:23:44PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 15:48:09 +0200
> > Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > > This patch removes the EXPERIMENTAL option and all dependencies on
> > > EXPERIMENTAL since they are pointless.
> >
> > NAK
> >
> > Experimental is an important guide to driver and code quality.
> >...
>
> History has shown that EXPERIMENTAL tags in many areas of the kernel
> have not been maintained in a way that they would be usable as a guide.

Repeatedly posting crud does not make it right. As far as I can see the
tags are pretty honest for the most part - some have been experimental
for ten years but the 3c507 driver *has* always been a beta grade driver.

> And as soon as you need _one_ driver or feature depending on
>> That's not about consensus,

It should be.

Alan