netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next] tipc: cleanup function namespace

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Date:	Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:49:52 -0400
From:	Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
CC:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"allan.stephens@...driver.com" <allan.stephens@...driver.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next] tipc: cleanup function namespace


<...> 
> > justify a technically wrong decision here on netdev anyway.
> > 
> > I was just describing the history of the situation, and 
> suggesting one 
> > possible slower approach of phasing it out as a courtesy to those 
> > users, in the same way that the kernel community has extended that 
> > same courtesy with other things in feature-removal.txt
> > 
> > In the end, since Jon is OK with the removal, and is in the 
> process of 
> > communicating this to the API users he is aware of, I sure 
> don't have 
> > any reason to try and save the API.  If folks are good with 
> having it 
> > just go away overnight, then great -- I'll be just as happy 
> to see it 
> > disappear as you and Stephen.  So, a long winded way of saying...
> > 
> > Acked-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
> 
> How about putting an entry in feature-removal.txt with a 
> short (6 month) window?

I think that is a very good idea. That would give the users a reasonable time
to find other solutions.

> 
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