Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:01:32 -0500 (EST) | From | "Robert P. J. Day" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Add the code maturity levels DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE. |
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On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 05:47:43PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > in a nutshell, my idea of deprecated is: perhaps still supported, > > still being used, but there is a better alternative available right > > now and you should consider switching at your convenience. > > > > obsolete means dead/unsupported/use at own risk. might still work but > > no guarantees and could be removed at any time. > > This is also my understanding. In MIB's the terms are sued more-or-less > as defined by Robert. > > Sam (non-native)
see: http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-html40-970917/convent.html, particularly how deprecated is defined "outdated by newer constructs," meaning that there is a better alternative available *now* and not just on the way.
i can always change the wording in the patch, but if we get any more pedantic, we're going to be counting how many angels you can get on a split hair.
rday
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