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

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Message-Id: <20080205101702.361eb0e1.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 5 Feb 2008 10:17:02 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
Cc:	Guenter Kukkukk <linux@...kukk.com>,
	samba-technical@...ts.samba.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, sfrench@...ba.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove smbfs

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 06:31:14 -0500 Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com> wrote:

> > It looks like it's time?  If so, what should I set the date to?
> 
> Looks good to me. I'd suggest that we change the printk's to refer to a
> release version and state that it will be removed in for 2.6.26 (or
> 2.6.27 if that's not enough notice). Then, once the previous version is
> released, remove it from the tree as soon as possible.

OK.  smbfs is not exactly hurting us being there so I made it "will be
removed from the 2.6.27 kernel".  That gives the public the full
2.6.25->2.6.26 time period in which to discover what we're proposing and to
make any objections.
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