Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:27:07 +0000 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL |
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On Sun 2007-11-25 17:16:31, Adrian Bunk wrote: > This patch removes the EXPERIMENTAL option and all dependencies on > EXPERIMENTAL because they are pointless. > > Complete rationale: > - Many people and all distributions are currently forced to enable > CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL since the options for many device drivers depend > on this option. > I have yet to see someone not being able to install his favorite > distribution on his computer only because the distribution did choose > to disable all SATA drivers with dependencies on EXPERIMENTAL in their > kernels... > - History has shown that often the dependency on EXPERIMENTAL is not > removed when the code has proven usable. > As an example, is our NFSv4 support really still in an > "alpha-test phase" [1], or is it already ready for being used? > I don't know the answer in this specific case, but I wouldn't answer > "still in an alpha-test phase" only based on the fact that the NFSv4 > options still depend on EXPERIMENTAL. > - It might have been differently 10 years ago, but today everything that > is available in a released kernel should also be in a usable state. > > [1] quoted from the CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL help text
I don't think this is good idea. But perhaps 'experimental' should be removed from stuff that is really stable these days, like SATA?
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