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    SubjectRe: [2.6 patch] remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
    On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 17:17:51 +0200
    Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote:

    > On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 02:23:44PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
    > > On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 15:48:09 +0200
    > > Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote:
    > >
    > > > This patch removes the EXPERIMENTAL option and all dependencies on
    > > > EXPERIMENTAL since they are pointless.
    > >
    > > NAK
    > >
    > > Experimental is an important guide to driver and code quality.
    > >...
    >
    > History has shown that EXPERIMENTAL tags in many areas of the kernel
    > have not been maintained in a way that they would be usable as a guide.

    Repeatedly posting crud does not make it right. As far as I can see the
    tags are pretty honest for the most part - some have been experimental
    for ten years but the 3c507 driver *has* always been a beta grade driver.

    > And as soon as you need _one_ driver or feature depending on
    >> That's not about consensus,

    It should be.

    Alan


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