On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 12:49:20PM -0400, Eric Sandeen wrote: | On 6/28/13 11:39 AM, Geoffrey Wehrman wrote: | > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 12:32:04PM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote: | > | On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 12:09:12PM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote: | > | > Mount options are perfectly fine to be removed - they've been given | > | > deprecated warnings for quite some time now (the most recent is the | > | > delaylog which has been doing that since 3.1 IIRC). So they are all | > | > fine to actually remove - 12 months warning is usually considered | > | > sufficient. | > | > I hardly consider 12 years to be sufficient. I have no problem with | | 12 years, really? Maybe you meant months. I hope you meant months! I really did mean 12 years. About as long as my dog lived. | > | > I think you're being overly paranoid here - I'm simply following the | > | > normal deprecation protocol here.... | > | | > | Documenation/ABI/README: | > | | > | We have four different levels of ABI stability, as shown by the four | > | different subdirectories in this location. Interfaces may change levels | > | of stability according to the rules described below. | > | .... | > | obsolete/ | > | This directory documents interfaces that are still remaining in | > | the kernel, but are marked to be removed at some later point in | > | time. The description of the interface will document the reason | > | why it is obsolete and when it can be expected to be removed. | > | > | > | I think you'll find that what I done follows this policy. If you | > | really want, I'll move them to Documenation/ABI/obsolete. And, of | > | course, if removing them proves to be a problem, as Eric said we can | > | always reinstate them or remove the deprecation notices. Please move the mount options and sysctl interfaces removed to Documenation/ABI/obsolete. In return, I'll refrain from ranting further about the ABI instability of Linux. -- Geoffrey Wehrman 651-683-5496 gwehrman@xxxxxxx _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
