Re: stuff ready to be deleted?

["Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>]

On 28/05/07, John Anthony Kazos Jr. <jakj@j-a-k-j.com> wrote:
> > >   i'm trying to keep track of kernel janitor projects that involve
> > > removing dead content from the tree:
> > >
> > > http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Kernel_Janitor%27s_Todo_List
> > >
> > > currently, the list contains the items:
> > >
> > >     * 1 Legacy power management
> > >     * 2 PCMCIA IOCTL support
> > >     * 3 Traffic shaper
> > >     * 4 Traffic policing
> > >     * 5 Userspace queueing via NETLINK
> > >     * 6 ebt: ulog support
> > >     * 7 MOXA SmartIO support
> > >     * 8 Old I2O ioctls
> > >     * 9 Stallion drivers
> > >     * 10 SDL RISCom/8 support
> > >     * 11 Macintosh M68K support
> > >     * 12 Commodore A2232 serial support
> > >     * 13 CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING
> > >     * 14 kernel_thread()
> > >
> > > which of the above are legitimate candidates for removal?  which are
> > > already underway in someone's local tree?  anything else that can
> > > be added?  etc, etc.
> > >
> >
> > Take a look at Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> > Some of that stuff is already listed there along with who is in charge
> > of removing it and when.
>
> Let's not get in that catfight again. That file has been demonstrated to
> be half too premature and half completely obsolete. He's asking for which
> things should he start generating and sending patches and expect them to
> not be ignored or angrily shot down. feature-removal-schedule.txt does not
> provide this information, again as has been demonstrated.
>
> Of course, it would be great if it were accurate and -did- provide that
> information.
>

Well, at least that file does give him a clue as to who to talk to
about removal of some of the items on the list.  It may not be as
up-to-date as it ought to be, but it's still a source of
information/contact info.

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