Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:51:21 -0800 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][Trivial] Fix up version number reference in include/trace/events/power.h |
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On 2/3/2012 1:42 PM, Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jan 2012, Jesper Juhl wrote: > >>>> -/* This code will be removed after deprecation time exceeded (2.6.41) */ >>>> +/* This code will be removed after deprecation time exceeded (3.1) */ >>> >>> Shouldn't the real fix be to remove this code? What's the use of >>> changing the version number that this code will be removed from, when >>> the change won't get in until after the version that this code should >>> have been removed? >>> >>> This is like updating 2014 calendars to say the world will end in 2012. >>> >> Heh, yeah, in a way you are right. But we have lots of code in the kernel >> that says it will be removed at <some date in the past>, so I just figured >> that if this code ends up hanging around it should at least display the >> correct version number for when it /should/ have been removed. >> The actual removal I'll leave up to others. > > Funny thing. Okay, this doesn't seem to be in linux-next, so I am taking > it. > > Steven, planning to drop the code in a near future? :)
we shouldn't be dropping these yet.. tools are still using them. and there really is no cost to keeping them either.
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