linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] feature-removal: add documentation for exported symbols going away

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Message-ID: <20080213224308.GD12383@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi>
Date:	Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:43:08 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] feature-removal: add documentation for exported
	symbols going away

BTW:

Sorry and it's not your fault if my answer was a bit harsh.

Your patch forces a nonsense that until now only Andrew tried to enforce 
(which BTW made me avoiding him whenever possible and never looking at 
-mm anymore).

There's simply no point in treating the removal of exports differently
from the many other API breaks we have in each release.

cu
Adrian

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