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SubjectRe: removing existing working drivers via staging
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.
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Stefan Richter
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