linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] remove the v850 port

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Date:	Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:38:49 +0200
From:	devzero@....de
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	bunk@...nel.org, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove the v850 port

I can't afford to be critical here, but let me give a comment.

i think putting this in feature-removal-schedule.txt just good practice.
you give people the chance to catch up - sort of a last reminder to the devs "fix it or we need to drop it".
some chance for the users to see it will go away and make early decision based on that.

i like those cleanup efforts, but even if it was announced on lkml, or elsewhere - that file is the official place for such announcements and if you want people take care of that file, there should be reliable information inside. 

it often takes much effort and hard work to get code into the kernel, so some "nah, this is broken, doesn`t compile for long - put that to trash" seems a little bit harsh for me.

the reason why it`s broken is probably not the v850 people`s fault. 
ok, they just didn`t catch up with that "kernel progress" - but most probably some other person broke their code.

i don`t like bureaucracy, but a little bit of bureaucracy at the right place is not that bad at all.....

roland

> start by putting the intention of removal into:
> 
>    Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> 
> we can remove it after that. Same for most of your other removal 
> patches.

Why?

> 	Ingo

cu
Adrian
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