From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jamal Hadi Salim Subject: Re: [iproute2 1/1] RFC: obsolete direct invocation of police Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 07:32:09 -0400 Message-ID: <5433CF39.5030202@mojatatu.com> References: <1412595960-7862-1-git-send-email-jhs@emojatatu.com> <20141006100132.032e75bc@urahara> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com, john.r.fastabend@intel.com To: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: Received: from mail-ie0-f177.google.com ([209.85.223.177]:63747 "EHLO mail-ie0-f177.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751523AbaJGLcM (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2014 07:32:12 -0400 Received: by mail-ie0-f177.google.com with SMTP id rd18so5087088iec.22 for ; Tue, 07 Oct 2014 04:32:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20141006100132.032e75bc@urahara> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 Example: "As of October 10, 2014 this syntax is obsolete.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. cheers, jamal