From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755216AbYGYMK6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:10:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752480AbYGYMKt (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:10:49 -0400 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:40207 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750943AbYGYMKs (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:10:48 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:08:50 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Alan Cox cc: Grant Coady , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: how much stuff is no longer "EXPERIMENTAL"? In-Reply-To: <20080724211141.4fa557ca@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Message-ID: References: <20080724211141.4fa557ca@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (LFD 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 24 Jul 2008, 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 ? perhaps nothing, perhaps lots. *of course* there can be features that are both long-lived and still experimental. just as, of course, there is stuff that was (properly) tagged as EXPERIMENTAL ages ago that has long since stabilized and can afford to stop being experimental. just a small nagging for folks to take a quick look at what no longer needs to be tagged that way, that's all. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ========================================================================