Re: [GIT PATCH] split up feature-removal-schedule.txt

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 12:30:14PM +0200, Pekka Pietikainen wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 11:02:15PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > This changeset does just that.  Turns out that this makes things more
> > readable, as it's easier to look at a list of filenames for things than
> > picking through a 300 line text file.
> 
> Hmm.. While you're at it, would it make sense to encode the "When"
> into the filename? Like 2010-09-sys_sysctl or 2.6.26-feature-X.

Well why stop there?  Why not put the name of the person and the full
description also in the file?  :)

Seriously, a simple grep works fine here.

> Requires renaming when something is given more time to live, though.
> On the positive side, I think it'd help in keeping these current. 2.6.24
> has e.g.
> 
> What:   PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl])
> When:   November 2005
> 
> If the date/release has been reached and the feature hasn't been removed
> either more time is added or the feature gets removed.

This has already been discussed a number of times on lkml before, please
see those threads.

thanks,

greg k-h
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