From: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 23:01:51 -0800
> On Sun, 26 Nov 2017 17:19:21 -0500 (EST) > David Miller <da...@davemloft.net> wrote: > >> From: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> >> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 12:11:18 -0800 >> >> > Nothing has been done in Linux to maintain DECnet >> > for years. The code is buggy and does not support net namespace. >> > This patch removes all support of it from iproute2 >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> >> >> Even if decnet had been moved to staging/ (which it hasn't) I'd say >> this is entirely premature Stephen. >> >> As long as the decnet code is upstream, you can't just yank away >> support from the tooling. > > I agree that it is probably too early to remove support completely. > Instead, why not just mark IPX and DecNET as deprecated and warn users > for a couple of releases. People are using decnet. Last time I broke it there were users who complained.
