netdev - Re: Is it time to remove decnet support from the kernel?

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Message-ID: <20220729213814.7aed45d2@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:38:14 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is it time to remove decnet support from the kernel?

On Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:12:58 -0700 Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> We removed decnet support from iproute2 several years ago.
> Seriously doubt anyone is still using decnet on Linux except in a computer history museum.
> 
> Like IPX, propose it gets moved to staging in next LTS?

I'd just delete it. But the cost to benefit of keeping it in stable 
for a while is subjective (and the considerations theoretical given 
how little experience we have deleting stuff) -- so whichever way you
prefer.