Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:40:51 +0200 | From | Stefan Richter <> | Subject | Re: removing existing working drivers via staging |
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david@lang.hm wrote: > a driver in staging will be able to build, but a driver that was removed > after 6-9 months that a user discovered the removal of a year later when > they upgraded to a new distro release (say a normal ubuntu release after > staying on the old one for the 18 month support period) is likely to > need significant work to catch up with kernel changes in the meanwhile.
I don't think this new mechanism is meant to be, or can ever be, a way to remove things that work and that users need.
Hence the timeline of 3 releases per <20091015164726.GA10125@suse.de> affects developers/ janitors much more than end users. -- Stefan Richter -=====-==--= =-=- -==== http://arcgraph.de/sr/
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