From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04CADA83 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:07:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.zytor.com (terminus.zytor.com [198.137.202.10]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1FB6C201BA for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:07:32 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <5398EF37.6020309@zytor.com> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 17:07:19 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Guenter Roeck References: <20140610201236.GA21729@laptop.dumpdata.com> <53976840.40306@zytor.com> <20140611175433.GA10462@roeck-us.net> In-Reply-To: <20140611175433.GA10462@roeck-us.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com, david.vrabel@citrix.com, ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] Topic: Removal of code that is still in use by users but there is a better code. List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 06/11/2014 10:54 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote: > That is a bit different to "users are using but less and less". Personally > I would not mind leaving code in the kernel as long as it is used, but > it would be great if we had some rule that a file/driver which did > not compile for X releases (pick a preferred number for X - two years > worth of releases ?) can be removed. This is the problem, though: the code can easily compile well past the point of anyone using it, because well-meaning maintainers is keeping it from falling apart completely, often at substantial cost. -hpa