Re: [PATCH 1/3] ARM: msm: Remove MSM7x00 support

Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-12-01T20:35:27Z

On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 12:25:47PM -0800, Daniel Walker wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 20:19 +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > Now, the obvious question to ask now is this: as you sent your question,
> > and Daniel obviously objects, was Daniel one of your respondants? If
> > not, then he carries some of the blame for this patch being created
> > in the first place by having missed the email/not replied/etc.
> >
>
> What if the people using the hardware aren't even on the list ? It's not
> their fault is it?

Did you notice I mentioned six months?

The way to remove non-broken code is:
1. to ask. If no one responds, then
2. submit a patch to put an entry in feature-removal-schedule.txt giving a
description of what will be removed and when - and then flag it
with a patch to remove it. If no one responds to that, then
3. the patch to remove it re-posted, and if no one objects it gets
merged.

So, if people care about bits of code _and_ they're not on the relevant
subsystem mailing lists, they need to keep an eye on the feature removal
file - otherwise they're in for nasty surprises.