linux-kernel - Re: [Devel] [PATCH] pidns: Place under CONFIG

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Message-ID: <m14pgdtbkj.fsf@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com>
Date:	Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:40:12 -0600
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, kir@...oft.com,
	containers@...ts.osdl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, kir@...nvz.org,
	Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [Devel] [PATCH] pidns: Place under CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL (take 2)

Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> writes:

> There isn't any hard semantics behind what is marked EXPERIMENTAL and 
> what not. In it's current state, we could even consider removing the 
> EXPERIMENTAL option and all dependencies on EXPERIMENTAL.

Well I do know at least some of the things that depend on experimental
are legitimate.

I wonder if the problem is that we don't police experimental well
enough.

> Currently CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=n would cost a distribution a three digit 
> number of device drivers plus several features like e.g. NFSv4.

I can see a distribution carefully cherry picking things, that the
have an intimate knowledge about out of experimental but it doesn't
sound right for taking things out of EXPERIMENTAL to be routine.

I know I'm a little slow about getting around to it but when ever I
have a feature that isn't EXPERIMENTAL anymore I remove the tag.

Eric
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