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

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709010504020.27923@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 1 Sep 2007 05:06:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: maturity and status and attributes, oh my!

On Sat, 1 Sep 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

>
> On Aug 31 2007 18:02, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Might I point to the "designers and builders" thread...
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/30/279 :)

i'm trying to figure out whether i fall into the "insane" or the
"hmmm, interesting, we'll get back to you" camp.  :-)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZF3r5lAvhYI

rday
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