From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964834AbXDQPEf (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:04:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965044AbXDQPEf (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:04:35 -0400 Received: from mail.phnxsoft.com ([195.227.45.4]:1110 "EHLO posthamster.phnxsoft.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964834AbXDQPEe (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:04:34 -0400 Message-ID: <4624E1DE.2040300@imap.cc> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:03:58 +0200 From: Tilman Schmidt User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-AT; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061211 SeaMonkey/1.0.7 Mnenhy/0.7.4.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox CC: Tilman Schmidt , Randy Dunlap , "Robert P. J. Day" , i4ldeveloper@listserv.isdn4linux.de, Karsten Keil , LKML Subject: Re: so what *is* obsolete and removable? References: <4623FB0E.4080602@imap.cc> <20070416161337.d59f2ea3.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <4624C320.3050206@imap.cc> <20070417144054.24c104bf@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: <20070417144054.24c104bf@the-village.bc.nu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig46ABE4EFD9668E9A1E089CD9" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig46ABE4EFD9668E9A1E089CD9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:40:54 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > If the obsolete tag is to be removed then it needs a formal maintainer,= > all the obsolete interface usage cleaning up and the like otherwise at > some point in a clean up it is going to end up breaking and migrating t= o > && BROKEN as well. I'm not sure I understand. What do you mean by "obsolete interface usage"? What sort of cleaning up needs to be done? What sort of breakage do you anticipate in the event of a clean up? Thanks Tilman --=20 Tilman Schmidt E-Mail: tilman@imap.cc Bonn, Germany Diese Nachricht besteht zu 100% aus wiederverwerteten Bits. Unge=F6ffnet mindestens haltbar bis: (siehe R=FCckseite) --------------enig46ABE4EFD9668E9A1E089CD9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGJOHlMdB4Whm86/kRAgDMAJ0dXzqPtP7DujTwCpTb416QLcnXFgCfe5J0 MJHDDLG4d8Ldm3dTVCGcT58= =rK7d -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig46ABE4EFD9668E9A1E089CD9--