Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754522AbYGYFPa (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:15:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751151AbYGYFPR (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:15:17 -0400 Received: from zcars04e.nortel.com ([47.129.242.56]:33961 "EHLO zcars04e.nortel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750705AbYGYFPQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:15:16 -0400 Message-ID: <4889615D.9020706@nortel.com> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:15:09 -0400 From: "Chris Friesen" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080724) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox CC: "Robert P. J. Day" , Grant Coady , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: how much stuff is no longer "EXPERIMENTAL"? References: <20080724211141.4fa557ca@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20080724211141.4fa557ca@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Jul 2008 05:15:12.0438 (UTC) FILETIME=[6A404560:01C8EE15] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 560 Lines: 14 Alan Cox wrote: >> legitimately experimental content in the source tree. surely *some* >> of that is suitably mature such that that dependency can be dropped. > > What is the connection between age of code and experimental status ? Is it reasonable for in-tree code to remain "experimental" indefinately? Chris -- 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/