From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com,
john.r.fastabend@intel.com
Subject: Re: [iproute2 1/1] RFC: obsolete direct invocation of police
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 09:04:25 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141007090425.007bbd37@urahara> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5433CF39.5030202@mojatatu.com>
On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 07:32:09 -0400
Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com> wrote:
> On 10/06/14 13:01, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>
> > I think iproute utilities needs to accept the old syntax and warn about
> > deprecated syntax use. Later (like 2yr +) the code can be removed.
> >
> > The old syntax can be removed from all documentation and help messages
> > now though.
>
> Ok, so ignore that one patch. I will send another one.
> Fair to put a date for when the obsoletion notice went out?
> Example:
> "As of October 10, 2014 this syntax is obsolete. Please use instead ..."
> Maybe also mention when the approximate cutoff date is.
Don't put a date in, it either will look silly, or will be ignored.
Make message a short direct one liner.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-07 16:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-06 11:46 [iproute2 1/1] RFC: obsolete direct invocation of police Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-10-06 17:01 ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-10-07 11:32 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-10-07 16:04 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
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