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    SubjectRe: New dev model (was [PATCH] delete devfs)
    Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
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    > On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 02:55:39AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
    > > Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> wrote:
    > > >
    > > > Changes that remove functionally like Greg's patch are hopefully
    > > > still 2.7 stuff - 2.6 is a stable kernel series and smooth upgrades
    > > > inside a stable kernel series are a must for many users.
    > >
    > > I don't necessarily agree that such changes in the userspace interface
    > > should be tied to the kernel version number, really. That's a three or
    > > four year warning period, which is unreasonably long. Six to twelve months
    > > should be long enough for udev-based replacements to stabilise and
    > > propagate out into distributions.
    >
    > Users have had the 6-12 month warning about devfs for a while now :)

    No, they had a three year warning. "It'll be gone in 2.8".

    > Ok, if people think that would really change anything, I'll wait a year.
    > I'm patient :)

    Delete 100 lines per week ;)

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