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Subjectmaturity levels: a first pass

off the top of my head, this is what the interface might look like.

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index b170aa1..5c8529c 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -40,6 +40,26 @@ config EXPERIMENTAL
you say Y here, you will be offered the choice of using features or
drivers that are currently considered to be in the alpha-test phase.

+config ACTIVATE_MATURITY
+ bool "Activate maturity attribute selection"
+ ---help---
+ This feature gives you the ability to de-select entire sets of
+ kernel features based on how they've been tagged with the
+ "maturity" directive.
+
+ If you choose not to activate this feature, then the Kconfig
+ "maturity" directives have no effect on the configuration.
+
+config MATURITY_DEPRECATED
+ bool "Display DEPRECATED features."
+ depends on ACTIVATE_MATURITY
+ default y
+
+config MATURITY_OBSOLETE
+ bool "Display OBSOLETE features."
+ depends on ACTIVATE_MATURITY
+ default y
+
config BROKEN
bool

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Robert P. J. Day
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Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
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