On Mon, 27 Nov 2017 23:04:45 +0900 (KST) David Miller <da...@davemloft.net> wrote:
> 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. What about IPX?
