linux-kernel - Re: removing existing working drivers via staging

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Message-ID: <20091016072555.GB30019@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:25:55 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	david@...g.hm
Cc:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: removing existing working drivers via staging


* david@...g.hm <david@...g.hm> wrote:

>> Hence the timeline of 3 releases per <20091015164726.GA10125@...e.de>
>> affects developers/ janitors much more than end users.
>
> it may be that I've jumped the gun here with my concerns, and should 
> just wait until something actually gets moved to staging to see what 
> the actual policies are going to be in practice, but the policies as 
> written seem to be very loose.

Note that nothing has changed: the same fine folks who worked for 15+ 
years to give you the OS with the most built-in drivers on this planet 
(more than 3000 drivers today and counting) are handling this too.

Please dont assume that this trend is now being reversed - to the 
contrary - Linux being able to boot out of box on 99% of the systems
out there is one of our biggest strengths.

	Ingo
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