Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754536AbXIAJRp (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 05:17:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752486AbXIAJRi (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 05:17:38 -0400 Received: from nic.NetDirect.CA ([216.16.235.2]:33496 "EHLO rubicon.netdirect.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752020AbXIAJRh (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 05:17:37 -0400 X-Originating-Ip: 72.143.66.27 Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 05:06:01 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Jan Engelhardt cc: Jeff Garzik , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: maturity and status and attributes, oh my! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <46D8900E.5000707@garzik.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 (not cached, score=-16.8, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -15.00, INIT_RECVD_OUR_AUTH -20.00, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL 20.00) 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: 1321 Lines: 37 On Sat, 1 Sep 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > 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 :) i'm trying to figure out whether i fall into the "insane" or the "hmmm, interesting, we'll get back to you" camp. :-) http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZF3r5lAvhYI rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ======================================================================== - 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/