Remaining host configuration fragments
Richard Kenner
kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu
Thu Jan 17 07:33:00 GMT 2002
IMHO a platform should be deprecated iff it meets all these:
1. Platform not supported by manufacturer for N years
2. No volunteers to maintain the port
3. Known not to function for the last N minor releases (2.95, 3.0, 3.1)
4. Nobody notices #3 :-)
Of course, if #4 is true, the first part of #3 can't be, but basically
I agree with a very strict criteria like this.
And even then, I don't recommend actually *removing* the files, just
not documenting it as a supported port. There is great historical value
in these files and people shouldn't have to find old releases to see them.
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