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

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Message-ID: <46D8900E.5000707@garzik.org>
Date:	Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:02:54 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: maturity and status and attributes, oh my!

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.

	Jeff, who notes the snipping of CC from previous thread

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