[PATCH] deprecation

[Werner Almesberger]

Andy Green wrote:
> avoided. Although deprecated features remain in the current version,
> their use may raise warning messages recommending alternate practices,
> and deprecation may indicate that the feature will be removed in the
> future. ...''

Ah, but that's precisely the thing that doesn't happen so easily.
At least not at the kernel level. Once a certain functionality is in
mainline, it tends to stay there for a good long while, no matter
whether the original authors, the company that made it, or any
interim maintainers still like it.

> You can call it "end of support" like I did, I don't mind.

Cool !

> (Maybe we have [a support duration policy] already, but nobody mentioned
> it to me.)

I wouldn't know of one either :-) Yes, we shouldn't mislead people
into believing we'd keep on actively maintaining our products
until the end of time. I hope nobody thinks we're crazy enough to
even consider attempting that ;-)

> So far as that goes they'll
> certainly be in a way better position than holding a deprecated phone
> from a closed vendor.

Absolutely :)

- Werner