[PATCH] add feature-removal-schedule.txt documentation

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 03:26:21PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Which begs the question "how do we ever get rid of these things when we
> have no projected date for Linux-2.8"?
> 
> I'd propose:
> 
> a) Create Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt which describes
>    things which are going away, when, why, who is involved, etc.

Ok, I'll bite, here's a patch that does just that.  Look good?

thanks,

greg k-h

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Add Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt as a way to notify
everyone when and what is going to be removed.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@xxxxxxxxx>

diff -Nru a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
--- /dev/null	Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 196900
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt	2005-01-06 15:54:40 -08:00
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+The following is a list of files and features that are going to be
+removed in the kernel source tree.  Every entry should contain what
+exactly is going away, why it is happening, and who is going to be doing
+the work.  When the feature is removed from the kernel, it should also
+be removed from this file.
+
+---------------------------
+
+What:	devfs
+When:	July 2005
+Files:	fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h and assorted devfs
+	function calls throughout the kernel tree
+Why:	It has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable
+	races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is
+	against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev.
+Who:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
+
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