Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Add the code maturity levels DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE.

[Tilman Schmidt]

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:35:07 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> I think that the patch is useful and that the distinction between
> DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE options is quite clear:
> 
> * DEPRECATED == new better code is available, old code scheduled for removal
> 
> * OBSOLETE == no replacement yet but the code is broken by design
>   and unreliable, not scheduled for removal yet

Is that really the consensus on these definitions? I thought it was
more or less the opposite:

* DEPRECATED == no (complete) replacement available yet, but it has
  been decided that this code is less than optimal and alternatives
  should be preferred

* OBSOLETE == replacement available, no reason to use this code anymore

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