Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 1 Dec 2011 20:35:06 +0000 | From | Russell King - ARM Linux <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] ARM: msm: Remove MSM7x00 support |
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On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 12:25:47PM -0800, Daniel Walker wrote: > On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 20:19 +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > Now, the obvious question to ask now is this: as you sent your question, > > and Daniel obviously objects, was Daniel one of your respondants? If > > not, then he carries some of the blame for this patch being created > > in the first place by having missed the email/not replied/etc. > > > > What if the people using the hardware aren't even on the list ? It's not > their fault is it?
Did you notice I mentioned six months?
The way to remove non-broken code is: 1. to ask. If no one responds, then 2. submit a patch to put an entry in feature-removal-schedule.txt giving a description of what will be removed and when - and then flag it with a patch to remove it. If no one responds to that, then 3. the patch to remove it re-posted, and if no one objects it gets merged.
So, if people care about bits of code _and_ they're not on the relevant subsystem mailing lists, they need to keep an eye on the feature removal file - otherwise they're in for nasty surprises.
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