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RFC: adding a 'version' flag process to kernel development in a non-destructive manner

RFC: adding a 'version' flag process to kernel development in a non-destructive manner

Posted Jul 2, 2009 18:48 UTC (Thu) by duncan1 (guest, #59412)
In reply to: RFC: adding a 'version' flag process to kernel development in a non-destructive manner by iabervon
Parent article: Linux 3.0?

3.0 is exclusively a feature-removal release,
I don't think so. If they are worried about obsolescence or bloat, then they should set a ratio of adding new features to removing obsolete features. Then change the ratio as necessary.


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