Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:51:55 -0500 (EST) | From | "Robert P. J. Day" <> | Subject | Re: "obsolete" versus "deprecated", and a new config option? |
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On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:04:20 EST, "Robert P. J. Day" said: > > > > How much of the 'OBSOLETE' code should just be labelled 'BROKEN' > > > instead? > > > > the stuff that's actually "broken." :-) > > Right - the question is how much code qualifies as either/both, and > which we should use when we encounter the random driver that's both > obsolete *and* broken...
that's entirely a judgment call on the part of the code's maintainer. if something is both obsolete and broken, then make it depend on *both* OBSOLETE and BROKEN if you want. no big deal.
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