Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751557AbXARVh4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:37:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751598AbXARVh4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:37:56 -0500 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([192.83.249.54]:38161 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751557AbXARVhz (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:37:55 -0500 Message-ID: <45AFE8AB.6070209@zytor.com> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:37:47 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070102) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Robert P. J. Day" CC: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: "obsolete" versus "deprecated", and a new config option? References: <200701172154.l0HLs3BM021024@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <200701172254.l0HMsDMK022934@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> 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: 609 Lines: 20 Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > that's entirely a judgment call on the part of the code's maintainer. > if something is both obsolete and broken, then make it depend on > *both* OBSOLETE and BROKEN if you want. no big deal. > Yup. OBSOLETE = might be broken, no one is planning to maintain it. BROKEN = known to be broken. They're by and large orthogonal. -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/