Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:57:27 -0800
From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org,
       Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, davej@redhat.com, perex@suse.cz,
       Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Add kernel<->userspace ABI stability documentation
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On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 07:52:08PM +0000, Alistair John Strachan wrote:
> On Monday 27 February 2006 19:01, Greg KH wrote:
> [snip]
> > +
> > +Interfaces in the testing state can move to the stable state when the
> > +developers feel they are finished.  They can not be removed from the
> > +kernel tree without going through the obsolete state first.
> > +
> > +It's up to the developer to place their interface in the category they
> > +wish for it to start out in.
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ gregkh-2.6/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/devfs
> > @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
> > +What:		devfs
> > +Date:		July 2005
> > +Contact:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
> [snip]
> 
> July 2005? Either this date is wrong or the document is out of date.

Heh, I wish.  Have you looked at
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt lately?

Yeah, it's sad, but I keep trying...

thanks,

greg k-h
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