Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 May 2007 23:23:52 +0200 | From | "Jesper Juhl" <> | Subject | Re: stuff ready to be deleted? |
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On 28/05/07, John Anthony Kazos Jr. <jakj@j-a-k-j.com> wrote: > > > i'm trying to keep track of kernel janitor projects that involve > > > removing dead content from the tree: > > > > > > http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Kernel_Janitor%27s_Todo_List > > > > > > currently, the list contains the items: > > > > > > * 1 Legacy power management > > > * 2 PCMCIA IOCTL support > > > * 3 Traffic shaper > > > * 4 Traffic policing > > > * 5 Userspace queueing via NETLINK > > > * 6 ebt: ulog support > > > * 7 MOXA SmartIO support > > > * 8 Old I2O ioctls > > > * 9 Stallion drivers > > > * 10 SDL RISCom/8 support > > > * 11 Macintosh M68K support > > > * 12 Commodore A2232 serial support > > > * 13 CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING > > > * 14 kernel_thread() > > > > > > which of the above are legitimate candidates for removal? which are > > > already underway in someone's local tree? anything else that can > > > be added? etc, etc. > > > > > > > Take a look at Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > > Some of that stuff is already listed there along with who is in charge > > of removing it and when. > > Let's not get in that catfight again. That file has been demonstrated to > be half too premature and half completely obsolete. He's asking for which > things should he start generating and sending patches and expect them to > not be ignored or angrily shot down. feature-removal-schedule.txt does not > provide this information, again as has been demonstrated. > > Of course, it would be great if it were accurate and -did- provide that > information. >
Well, at least that file does give him a clue as to who to talk to about removal of some of the items on the list. It may not be as up-to-date as it ought to be, but it's still a source of information/contact info.
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