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From: Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>
To: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com
Subject: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] Remove versioning information
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 07:38:52 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131203073852.GB7047@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131203000635.GC16774@wotan.suse.de>

On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 04:06:35PM -0800, Mark Fasheh wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 05:37:27PM -0600, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> > The versioning information is confusing for end-users. The numbers
> > are stuck at 1.5.0 while the tools version have moved to 1.8.2.
> > 
> > I suggest removing the versioning system in the ocfs2 module and let
> > the kernel version be the guide to debug issues. However, if
> > you think versioning is still required, please state the reason and
> > modify the version string in the *ver.h files.
> 
> Thanks for this. Once upon a time the versioning helped us but these days
> it's just outdated info
> 
> I would keep the module description if you don't mind. Something short and
> straight forward:
> 
> MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Ocfs2 cluster file system");
> 
> I don't know that we really need a description for the other two modules.

I also agree we should remove the versions.  However, we should retain
descriptions for all of them.

Joel

> 	--Mark
> 
> --
> Mark Fasheh
> 
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  reply	other threads:[~2013-12-03  7:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-26 23:37 [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] Remove versioning information Goldwyn Rodrigues
2013-11-27  0:26 ` Sunil Mushran
2013-11-28  9:17 ` Lars Marowsky-Bree
2013-12-03  0:06 ` Mark Fasheh
2013-12-03  7:38   ` Joel Becker [this message]
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2013-11-26 19:28 Goldwyn Rodrigues
2013-11-26 22:40 ` Sunil Mushran
2013-11-26 23:33   ` Goldwyn Rodrigues

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