Re: [PATCH v2] perf list: Separate the deprecated events

[Jin, Yao]

On 10/17/2019 11:21 PM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 07:46:44AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > >   v2:
> > >   ---
> > >   In v1, the deprecated events are hidden by default but they can be
> > >   displayed when option "--deprecated" is enabled. In v2, we don't use
> > >   the new option "--deprecated". Instead, we just display the deprecated
> > >   events under the title "--- Following are deprecated events ---".
> >
> > It's redundant with what the event description already says.
> > If we always want to show it we don't need to do anything.
> >
> > I really would much prefer to hide it. What's the point of showing
> > something that people are not supposed to use?
> >
> > The only reason for keeping the deprecated events is to not
> > break old scripts, but those don't care about perf list output.
>
> I thought this might be a problem for users,
> but don't have anything to back this up ;-)
>
> if that's the case we can go with the original patch
>
> jirka

I'm fine to go with the original patch. :)

Thanks
Jin Yao

> > So I think the only sane option is to hide it by default.
> >
> > -Andi