linux-kernel - Re: NFS_FSCACHE still depends on EXPERIMENTAL?

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.01.1001231440430.3483@bogon.housecafe.de>
Date:	Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:43:56 -0800 (PST)
From:	Christian Kujau <lists@...dbynature.de>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, dhowells@...hat.com,
	adkulkar@...il.iu.edu
Subject: Re: NFS_FSCACHE still depends on EXPERIMENTAL?

On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 at 14:30, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> since the EXPERIMENTAL flag more or less means nothing, the
> "it is marked with the flag so we don't do it" is reasoning based on
> more or less nothing...

Understood, but...if EXPERIMENTAL "more or less means nothing" (is this a 
general consensus?), why is the flag still used at all? IOW, would a patch 
removing all EXPERIMENTAL flags from all(!) options be accepted?

Thanks,
Christian.
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