Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756726AbWKSPtM (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Nov 2006 10:49:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756729AbWKSPtM (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Nov 2006 10:49:12 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:17931 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1756726AbWKSPtL (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Nov 2006 10:49:11 -0500 Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 16:49:09 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Muli Ben-Yehuda Cc: Arjan van de Ven , Alan Cox , Andrew Morton , gregkh@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] mark pci_find_device() as __deprecated Message-ID: <20061119154909.GJ31879@stusta.de> References: <20061114014125.dd315fff.akpm@osdl.org> <20061117142145.GX31879@stusta.de> <20061117143236.GA23210@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20061118000629.GW31879@stusta.de> <1163929632.31358.481.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20061119095258.GK3735@rhun.zurich.ibm.com> <20061119140600.GG31879@stusta.de> <20061119152421.GB19613@rhun.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061119152421.GB19613@rhun.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1313 Lines: 39 On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 05:24:21PM +0200, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: > On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 03:06:00PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > unmaintained != not used > > > > As an example, some people might be unhappy if the floppy driver that is > > unmaintained for ages and not in a good state was removed. > > I understand. However, if it was slated to be removed, said people > might be inclined to start maintaining it. Most Linux users weren't able to maintain any peace of kernel code even if they wanted to. > We have a bar for inclusion > of new code into the tree - why shouldn't a quality bar also be > applied to old code in the tree? Removing an older unmaintained but working driver is from a user's point of view a regression that locks this user into using an older kernel. > Cheers, > Muli cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/