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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
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On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> This config item has not carried much meaning for a while now and is
> almost always enabled by default. Remove it and adjust various config
> logic and documentation.

It does have meaning... !CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL means more stable. In
the past things would get CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL until they've been tried
in the field or otherwise hit some goal in the developer's mind.

Is this a practical distinction? Probably not, as the markers often
go unmaintained...

Jeff


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