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    DateMon, 15 Jan 2007 18:29:12 +0100
    FromKarsten Keil <>
    SubjectRe: any value to fixing apparent bugs in old ISDN4Linux?
    On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 12:17:37PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
    > On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, Tilman Schmidt wrote:
    > 
    > > Robert P. J. Day schrieb:
    > > >   OTOH, since that code *is* in the allegedly obsolete old ISDN4Linux
    > > > code, perhaps that entire part of the tree can just be junked.  but if
    > > > it's sticking around, it should probably be fixed.
    > >
    > > Please do not remove isdn4linux just yet. It's true that it has been
    > > marked as obsolete for quite some time, but it's still needed
    > > anyway. Its designated successor, the CAPI subsystem, so far only
    > > supports a very limited range of hardware. Dropping isdn4linux now
    > > would leave the owners of some very popular ISDN cards out in the
    > > cold.
    > 
    > that wouldn't be my decision, i just made a note of an oddity.  but if
    > it's still in actual use, then it really should be re-labelled from
    > "obsolete" to "deprecated," no?
    > 
    
    Good point.
    
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    Karsten Keil
    SuSE Labs
    ISDN development
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