On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 05:24:21PM +0200, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 03:06:00PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>
> > unmaintained != not used
> >
> > As an example, some people might be unhappy if the floppy driver that is
> > unmaintained for ages and not in a good state was removed.
>
> I understand. However, if it was slated to be removed, said people
> might be inclined to start maintaining it.
Most Linux users weren't able to maintain any peace of kernel code even
if they wanted to.
> We have a bar for inclusion
> of new code into the tree - why shouldn't a quality bar also be
> applied to old code in the tree?
Removing an older unmaintained but working driver is from a user's point
of view a regression that locks this user into using an older kernel.
> Cheers,
> Muli
cu
Adrian
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