linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] remove CONFIG

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Date:	Tue, 1 Jan 2008 17:35:32 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL

> So smbfs is still considered rock solid while no serious distribution 
> would be crazy enough to ship the EXPERIMENTAL NFSv4 support to their 
> customers?

Thats a different problem. The kernel as I've said many times has no
proper process for

- removing expired/missing maintainers
- handling stuff that decays
- removing dead documentation
- removing dead drivers and ports

Although you've certainly started on fixing much of that.

> I'm not claiming that all EXPERIMENTAL tags were wrong [1], but many 
> were wrong.

So why not fix the wrong tags, and mark smbfs obsolete ?

> Plus the fact that CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL controlled so many different 
> things with one switch that CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=n .config's are really 
> rare.

Agreed
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