linux-kernel - Re: undeprecate raw driver.

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Date:	Sun, 13 May 2007 22:10:08 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
CC:	Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@...a.inka.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: undeprecate raw driver.

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Sun, 13 May 2007, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> 
>> In article <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705131239200.942@...alhost.localdomain> you wrote:
>>> in short, do *not* remove its "deprecated" status.  rather, remove its
>>> "obsolete" status and *make* it deprecated.
>> it is deprecated and obsolete.
> 
> no, it's not.  and, trust me, no one on this list wants me to have to
> explain all that again.  :-)

So why don't we simply say:

  - "Users of feature A are urged to migrate to alternative B."
  - "Feature C will be removed in February 2038."

Everybody understands the meaning of /that/.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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