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Message-ID: <472990A9.4000309@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:39:05 +0100
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC: remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> I'm about to send a patch that removes the EXPERIMENTAL option and all 
> dependencies on EXPERIMENTAL because they are pointless.

FWIW, I agree.

[...]
>   As an example, is our NFSv4 support really still in an
>   "alpha-test phase" [1], or is it already ready for being used?
[...]
> [1] quoted from the CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL help text

I don't know about NFSv4 in particular, but I think we have the whole
palette, from "alpha" software which is basically ready for production,
to buggy incomplete software which is heavily in production and trains
users to lower their expectations.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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