Re: [2.6 patch] mark pci_find_device() as __deprecated

From: Muli Ben-Yehuda
Date: Sun Nov 19 2006 - 10:31:40 EST


On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 03:06:00PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:

> unmaintained != not used
>
> As an example, some people might be unhappy if the floppy driver that is
> unmaintained for ages and not in a good state was removed.

I understand. However, if it was slated to be removed, said people
might be inclined to start maintaining it. We have a bar for inclusion
of new code into the tree - why shouldn't a quality bar also be
applied to old code in the tree?

Cheers,
Muli
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