Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161050AbXBTXHG (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:07:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161051AbXBTXHG (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:07:06 -0500 Received: from nic.NetDirect.CA ([216.16.235.2]:39708 "EHLO rubicon.netdirect.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161050AbXBTXHE (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:07:04 -0500 X-Originating-Ip: 74.102.209.62 Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:01:32 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Sam Ravnborg cc: Tilman Schmidt , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Roman Zippel , Andrew Morton , Linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Add the code maturity levels DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE. In-Reply-To: <20070220225622.GA8347@uranus.ravnborg.org> Message-ID: References: <200702181935.07454.bzolnier@gmail.com> <45DB218E.1080106@imap.cc> <20070220225622.GA8347@uranus.ravnborg.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (cached, score=-16.723, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -15.00, TW_VN 0.08) X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-From: rpjday@mindspring.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1484 Lines: 39 On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 05:47:43PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > in a nutshell, my idea of deprecated is: perhaps still supported, > > still being used, but there is a better alternative available right > > now and you should consider switching at your convenience. > > > > obsolete means dead/unsupported/use at own risk. might still work but > > no guarantees and could be removed at any time. > > This is also my understanding. In MIB's the terms are sued more-or-less > as defined by Robert. > > Sam (non-native) see: http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-html40-970917/convent.html, particularly how deprecated is defined "outdated by newer constructs," meaning that there is a better alternative available *now* and not just on the way. i can always change the wording in the patch, but if we get any more pedantic, we're going to be counting how many angels you can get on a split hair. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ======================================================================== - 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/