From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267407AbUG2BZr (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jul 2004 21:25:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267405AbUG2BYM (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jul 2004 21:24:12 -0400 Received: from hq.pm.waw.pl ([195.116.170.10]:18664 "EHLO hq.pm.waw.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267404AbUG2BYC (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jul 2004 21:24:02 -0400 To: Bill Davidsen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: New dev model (was [PATCH] delete devfs) References: <20040723155045.19770.qmail@web52906.mail.yahoo.com> From: Krzysztof Halasa Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 23:25:49 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Bill Davidsen's message of "Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:18:05 -0400") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Bill Davidsen writes: > And akpm posted that he intended to remove cryptoloop, while others > are calling for the end to devfs. Not having features disappear is > part of stable, I would think, not just "not oops more often." OTOH removing things declared "obsolete" for a long time doesn't make it unstable - does it? -- Krzysztof Halasa