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

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Message-ID: <20080213150738.787435a8@laptopd505.fenrus.org>
Date:	Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:07:38 -0800
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.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

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:22:06 -0800
Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com> wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt         |   10 ------
>  Documentation/feature-removal/exported-symbols.txt |   34
> ++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/kernel/io_delay.c                         |    2 +-
> net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c                         |    2 +- 4 files
> changed, 36 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 4d3aa51..b09b193
> 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> @@ -118,16 +118,6 @@ Who:    Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
>  
>  ---------------------------
>  
> -What:	Unused EXPORT_SYMBOL/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exports
> -	(temporary transition config option provided until then)
> -	The transition config option will also be removed at the
> same time. -When:	before 2.6.19


3 releases is too long imo
1 release is plenty (esp since it's really 1 release + one devel cycle)
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