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

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Message-Id: <20080213145405.35fb5733.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:54:05 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	harvey.harrison@...il.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
	xemul@...nvz.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] feature-removal: add documentation for exported
 symbols going away

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:43:08 +0200
Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> wrote:

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

I have repeatedly and relatively patiently explained to you what the
point is.  Simply saying that there isn't one doesn't actually make
it go away.
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