netdev - Re: {Spam?} Re: {Spam?} [PATCH] NET: Remove obsolete traffic shaper code.

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Message-ID: <5640c7e00704141948n5f82cd8fl64092c720954175f@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:48:40 +1200
From:	"Ian McDonald" <ian.mcdonald@...di.co.nz>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, "Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...sta.de>
Subject: Re: {Spam?} Re: {Spam?} [PATCH] NET: Remove obsolete traffic shaper code.

On 4/15/07, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...dspring.com> wrote:
> in fact, according to this:
>
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/1/13/139
>
> that notice was put in the feature removal file well over a year ago,
> during 2.6.15.  so that would seem to be more than adequate time for
> everyone to prepare for it.  but it must have been deleted from that
> file since then as well.

Yes and that was never merged and so was resent on January 19th, 2006:
http://www.nabble.com/-2.6-patch--schedule-SHAPER-for-removal-t949871.html

At that point people debated about it being too short notice and the
patch never went in.

I therefore think we can't just remove with NO notice.

Ian
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