linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: ramdisk/initrd/initramfs corrections

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Message-ID: <24556.1188570311@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:25:11 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Cc:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, bos@...pentine.com,
	werner@...esberger.net, hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: ramdisk/initrd/initramfs corrections

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:36:48 CDT, Rob Landley said:

> Could you mention it in feature-removal-schedule.txt?  (People check that for 
> warning of upcoming changes that impact existing code.  They may not notice
> something elsewhere after they've got it working...)
>
> (Also, sorting feature-removal-schedule.txt by date would be really nice.  The
> sucker's gotten huge...)

Maybe it's time we actually start heaving stuff over the side, especially
that stuff that the removal date has gone by?

What:   dev->power.power_state
When:   July 2007
What:   Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices.
When:   December 2006
What:   remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread)
When:   August 2006
What:   CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING
When:   June 2006
What:   eepro100 network driver
When:   January 2007

5 out of 26 things - close to 20% - is already overdue for nuking.  In some
cases, over a year overdue.

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