Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030227AbXBTQ2m (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:28:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030232AbXBTQ2m (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:28:42 -0500 Received: from posthamster.phnxsoft.com ([195.227.45.4]:3124 "EHLO posthamster.phnxsoft.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030230AbXBTQ2l (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:28:41 -0500 Message-ID: <45DB218E.1080106@imap.cc> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:27:58 +0100 From: Tilman Schmidt User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-AT; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061211 SeaMonkey/1.0.7 Mnenhy/0.7.4.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz CC: Roman Zippel , Andrew Morton , Linux kernel mailing list , "Robert P. J. Day" Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Add the code maturity levels DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE. References: <200702181935.07454.bzolnier@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200702181935.07454.bzolnier@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig6E7617774113403E5EA31C4A" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1882 Lines: 52 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig6E7617774113403E5EA31C4A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:35:07 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > I think that the patch is useful and that the distinction between > DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE options is quite clear: >=20 > * DEPRECATED =3D=3D new better code is available, old code scheduled fo= r removal >=20 > * OBSOLETE =3D=3D no replacement yet but the code is broken by design > and unreliable, not scheduled for removal yet Is that really the consensus on these definitions? I thought it was more or less the opposite: * DEPRECATED =3D=3D no (complete) replacement available yet, but it has been decided that this code is less than optimal and alternatives should be preferred * OBSOLETE =3D=3D replacement available, no reason to use this code anymo= re --=20 Tilman Schmidt E-Mail: tilman@imap.cc Bonn, Germany Diese Nachricht besteht zu 100% aus wiederverwerteten Bits. Unge=F6ffnet mindestens haltbar bis: (siehe R=FCckseite) --------------enig6E7617774113403E5EA31C4A Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF2yGOMdB4Whm86/kRApaXAJ9N8Xh1kW2I/RWw0e/uFL+y7aj8OwCeIQpy ojATqJwdaauvXPKMavJ+ClE= =ribX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig6E7617774113403E5EA31C4A-- - 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/