linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove CONFIG

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Message-ID: <CAFtxgO5QSYwQcHCbaXoT6pauTYPGpNBC31vufcAOUb5i7c-UfA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:10:48 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> This config item has not carried much meaning for a while now and is
> almost always enabled by default. Remove it and adjust various config
> logic and documentation.

It does have meaning...  !CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL means more stable.  In
the past things would get CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL until they've been tried
in the field or otherwise hit some goal in the developer's mind.

Is this a practical distinction?  Probably not, as the markers often
go unmaintained...

    Jeff
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