linux-kernel - Re: maturity and status and attributes, oh my!

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Date:	Sat, 1 Sep 2007 08:35:08 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Subject: Re: maturity and status and attributes, oh my!


On Aug 31 2007 18:02, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>>   it may be that some people had a different understanding of what was
>> meant by "maturity" than i did.  what *i* meant by that attribute is
>> a feature's current position in the normal software life cycle, and
>> that would be one of:
>> 
>>   experimental -> normal (stable) -> deprecated -> obsolete
>
> People who actually write and maintain code disagree with your imaginative
> interpretation.

Might I point to the "designers and builders" thread... 
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/30/279 :)


	Jan
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