Why some drivers are not merged early
Why some drivers are not merged early
Posted Jun 19, 2008 15:55 UTC (Thu) by johnkarp (guest, #39285)Parent article: Why some drivers are not merged early
Couldn't disinclusion be used as a stick? i.e. 'Fix these critical issues or your driver gets tossed'
Posted Jun 19, 2008 16:03 UTC (Thu)
by corbet (editor, #1)
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That really only works in the time between merging and the first stable release thereafter. Once the driver is shipped, yanking it out will break things for users, and that's generally considered to be undesirable.
Disinclusion