Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758281AbXHaWDG (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:03:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754077AbXHaWCz (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:02:55 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:33066 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754057AbXHaWCz (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:02:55 -0400 Message-ID: <46D8900E.5000707@garzik.org> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:02:54 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Robert P. J. Day" CC: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: maturity and status and attributes, oh my! References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.9 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 727 Lines: 22 Robert P. J. Day wrote: > it may be that some people had a different understanding of what was > meant by "maturity" than i did. what *i* meant by that attribute is > a feature's current position in the normal software life cycle, and > that would be one of: > > experimental -> normal (stable) -> deprecated -> obsolete People who actually write and maintain code disagree with your imaginative interpretation. Jeff, who notes the snipping of CC from previous thread - 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/