linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] delete seven tty headers

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:53:06 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] delete seven tty headers

> I agree (I wrote I doubt there are any users at all). But I would prefer
> going through the deprecation phase (adding a #warning) anyway. Removing
> the headers completely in a year, or maybe sooner is OK then.

I really see no point. Distributions are going to build against a set of
headers generated from a kernel, once at the time the distribution is
first assembled (eg the kernel-headers package in Fedora).

> I think this is too late. Distros would find this out after months and
> there will be no reason to re-add empty headers and backport them to
> stable trees in between at that time...

If it takes months to find out then they were not needed 8)

Alan
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