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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 -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ======================================================================== - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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