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From: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc>
To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Add the code maturity levels DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE.
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:27:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45DB218E.1080106@imap.cc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200702181935.07454.bzolnier@gmail.com>

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On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:35:07 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> I think that the patch is useful and that the distinction between
> DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE options is quite clear:
> 
> * DEPRECATED == new better code is available, old code scheduled for removal
> 
> * OBSOLETE == no replacement yet but the code is broken by design
>   and unreliable, not scheduled for removal yet

Is that really the consensus on these definitions? I thought it was
more or less the opposite:

* DEPRECATED == no (complete) replacement available yet, but it has
  been decided that this code is less than optimal and alternatives
  should be preferred

* OBSOLETE == replacement available, no reason to use this code anymore

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-02-20 16:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-18 17:06 Robert P. J. Day
2007-02-18 18:35 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2007-02-18 18:53   ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-02-20 16:27   ` Tilman Schmidt [this message]
2007-02-20 18:42     ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2007-02-20 22:52       ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-02-20 23:12         ` Tilman Schmidt
2007-02-20 23:23           ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-02-25 10:42           ` Pavel Machek
2007-02-25 22:59             ` Tilman Schmidt
2007-02-20 22:47     ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-02-20 22:56       ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-02-20 23:01         ` Robert P. J. Day

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