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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Introduce two new maturlty levels: DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE.
Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> To go along with the EXPERIMENTAL kernel config status, introduce
> two new states: DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>
>
> ---
>
> just adding these config variables to init/Kconfig shouldn't affect
> the current build status, but it will allow developers to start to
> move over their portions of tree at their convenience.
>
> in particular, features that are truly obsolete should be tagged as
> OBSOLETE, as opposed to EXPERIMENTAL.
>
>
> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
> index a3f83e2..f861efd 100644
> --- a/init/Kconfig
> +++ b/init/Kconfig
> @@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ config EXPERIMENTAL
> <file:Documentation/BUG-HUNTING>, and
> <file:Documentation/oops-tracing.txt> in the kernel source).
>
> - This option will also make obsoleted drivers available. These are
> - drivers that have been replaced by something else, and/or are
> - scheduled to be removed in a future kernel release.
> + At the moment, this option also makes obsolete drivers available,
> + but such drivers really should be removed from the EXPERIMENTAL
> + category and added to either DEPRECATED or OBSOLETE, depending
> + on their status.
>
> Unless you intend to help test and develop a feature or driver that
> falls into this category, or you have a situation that requires
> @@ -40,6 +41,23 @@ config EXPERIMENTAL
> you say Y here, you will be offered the choice of using features or
> drivers that are currently considered to be in the alpha-test phase.
>
> +config DEPRECATED
> + bool "Prompt for deprecated code/drivers"
> + ---help---
> + Code that has tagged as "deprecated" is officially still available
> + for use but will typically have already been scheduled for removal
> + at some point, so it's in your best interests to start looking for
> + an alternative.
> +

DEPRECATED should presumably default to Y; OBSOLETE to n.

-hpa
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