Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753288AbXIAGfW (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 02:35:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751241AbXIAGfK (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 02:35:10 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:60501 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751108AbXIAGfJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 02:35:09 -0400 Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 08:35:08 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Jeff Garzik cc: "Robert P. J. Day" , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: maturity and status and attributes, oh my! In-Reply-To: <46D8900E.5000707@garzik.org> Message-ID: References: <46D8900E.5000707@garzik.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 825 Lines: 24 On Aug 31 2007 18:02, Jeff Garzik wrote: > 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. Might I point to the "designers and builders" thread... http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/30/279 :) Jan -- - 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/