Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:25:43 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: New dev model (was [PATCH] delete devfs) |
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On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 02:55:39AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> wrote: > > > > Changes that remove functionally like Greg's patch are hopefully > > still 2.7 stuff - 2.6 is a stable kernel series and smooth upgrades > > inside a stable kernel series are a must for many users. > > I don't necessarily agree that such changes in the userspace interface > should be tied to the kernel version number, really. That's a three or > four year warning period, which is unreasonably long. Six to twelve months > should be long enough for udev-based replacements to stabilise and > propagate out into distributions. > > That being said, mid-2005 would be an appropriate time to remove devfs. If > that schedule pushes things along faster than they would otherwise have > progressed, well, good. >...
I'm currently wondering whether part of our discussion might be about a non-issue:
It's true that there's not a pressing need for opening 2.7 today.
But do you assume that this will still be true one year from now?
If 2.7 will open during the next 12 months, "mid-2005" would still be after 2.7 opened, and such non-urgent cleanups could then go into 2.7 .
cu Adrian
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