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Date:	Mon, 14 May 2007 13:53:40 +0000 (UTC)
From:	Bob Johnston <haloman@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:  Re: undeprecate raw driver.

Alan Cox <alan <at> lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

> > Why not just use the terms:
> > * outdated - as a replacement for "deprecated".
> 
> Because they don't actually mean the same thing ?

"superseded" would probably be a better word, perhaps lacking the negative
connotations of "deprecated"

> > * toberemoved - as a replacement for "obsolete".
> 
> With spaces, I'd hope.

Sure.

I'm just trying to propose an alternative because it seems that
deprecated/obsolete causes some confusion.

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