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Date:	Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:37:13 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: maturity levels:  a first pass


off the top of my head, this is what the interface might look like.

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index b170aa1..5c8529c 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -40,6 +40,26 @@ 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 ACTIVATE_MATURITY
+	bool "Activate maturity attribute selection"
+	---help---
+	  This feature gives you the ability to de-select entire sets of
+	  kernel features based on how they've been tagged with the
+	  "maturity" directive.
+
+	  If you choose not to activate this feature, then the Kconfig
+	  "maturity" directives have no effect on the configuration.
+
+config MATURITY_DEPRECATED
+	bool "Display DEPRECATED features."
+	depends on ACTIVATE_MATURITY
+	default y
+
+config MATURITY_OBSOLETE
+	bool "Display OBSOLETE features."
+	depends on ACTIVATE_MATURITY
+	default y
+
 config BROKEN
 	bool


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