Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:56:34 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | [PATCH] add feature-removal-schedule.txt documentation |
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On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 03:26:21PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > Which begs the question "how do we ever get rid of these things when we > have no projected date for Linux-2.8"? > > I'd propose: > > a) Create Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt which describes > things which are going away, when, why, who is involved, etc.
Ok, I'll bite, here's a patch that does just that. Look good?
thanks,
greg k-h
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Add Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt as a way to notify everyone when and what is going to be removed.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
diff -Nru a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt --- /dev/null Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 196900 +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2005-01-06 15:54:40 -08:00 @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +The following is a list of files and features that are going to be +removed in the kernel source tree. Every entry should contain what +exactly is going away, why it is happening, and who is going to be doing +the work. When the feature is removed from the kernel, it should also +be removed from this file. + +--------------------------- + +What: devfs +When: July 2005 +Files: fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h and assorted devfs + function calls throughout the kernel tree +Why: It has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable + races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is + against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev. +Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com> + - 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/
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