From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [iproute2 1/1] RFC: obsolete direct invocation of police Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 09:04:25 -0700 Message-ID: <20141007090425.007bbd37@urahara> References: <1412595960-7862-1-git-send-email-jhs@emojatatu.com> <20141006100132.032e75bc@urahara> <5433CF39.5030202@mojatatu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com, john.r.fastabend@intel.com To: Jamal Hadi Salim Return-path: Received: from mail-pa0-f52.google.com ([209.85.220.52]:34308 "EHLO mail-pa0-f52.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754363AbaJGQEh (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2014 12:04:37 -0400 Received: by mail-pa0-f52.google.com with SMTP id fb1so7453449pad.11 for ; Tue, 07 Oct 2014 09:04:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5433CF39.5030202@mojatatu.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 07:32:09 -0400 Jamal Hadi Salim 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 "As of October 10, 2014 this syntax is obsolete.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.