Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 May 2007 09:39:17 -0400 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: undeprecate raw driver. |
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Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Sun, 13 May 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >> On May 13 2007 12:32, Dave Jones wrote: >> >>> Despite repeated attempts over the last two and half years, this >>> driver seems somewhat persistant. Remove its deprecated status as >>> it has existing users who may not be in a position to migrate their >>> apps >> At least keep the "it's obsolete" Kconfig description. We don't want >> new users/projects to jump on /dev/raw. > > i just *know* this is a mistake, but i'm going to take one more shot > at distinguishing between deprecated and obsolete. > > as i understand it, the raw driver is *deprecated*. that is, it's > still there, it's still supported, people are still using it but its > use is *seriously* discouraged and everyone should be trying to move > off of it at their earliest possible convenience. > > that is *not* the same as "obsolete" which should mean that that > feature is dead, dead, DEAD and *no one* should be using it anymore. > > yes, i realize it sounds like splitting hairs, but it's this malleable > definition of "deprecated" that's causing all of this trouble in the > first place -- the fact that the raw driver is currently listed as > "obsolete" when it is, in fact, only deprecated. > > in short, do *not* remove its "deprecated" status. rather, remove its > "obsolete" status and *make* it deprecated. > Correct. Like the weird lady next door who fancies you, it's old, it's ugly, but it's not likely to go away any time soon.
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