Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751786AbXAQVzk (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:55:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932152AbXAQVzj (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:55:39 -0500 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([192.83.249.54]:56001 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751786AbXAQVzh (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:55:37 -0500 Message-ID: <45AE9B4F.6030003@zytor.com> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:55:27 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070102) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Robert P. J. Day" CC: Linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: [PATCH] Introduce two new maturlty levels: DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE. References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 534 Lines: 13 Robert P. J. Day wrote: > To go along with the EXPERIMENTAL kernel config status, introduce > two new states: DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE. I think this is a very good idea. If nothing else, it gives some middle-of-the-roadness to the continual "to remove or not to remove" debate. -hpa - 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/