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    SubjectRe: removing existing working drivers via staging
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    On Thursday 15 October 2009 18:47:26 Greg KH wrote:
    > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 09:39:51AM -0700, david@lang.hm wrote:
    > > however, what I think I saw proposed was to move drivers that need to be
    > > 'cleaned up', to staging and then dropping them if they don't get cleaned.
    >
    > What is "proposed" is the following:
    >
    > - For drivers currently in the kernel tree, that the subsystem
    > maintainer, for whatever reason, feels is obsolete / broken /
    > needs major cleaning / wants to get rid of, can be submitted
    > to the staging maintainer to be moved to the drivers/staging/
    > directory.

    This is insanity and opens a door for various forms of abuse.


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