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Date:      Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:03:58 +0000
From:      Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie@catflap.org>
To:        imp@bsdimp.com, grog@freebsd.org
Cc:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: To be retired soon...
Message-ID:  <201801101303.w0AD3w2h043082@donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net>
In-Reply-To: <20180110064504.GC27612@eureka.lemis.com>
References:  <CANCZdfruXt6mc_=KME8QWycmvsWNSxg3KQrhDhFtNu5ofmWFWQ@mail.gmail.com> <20180110064504.GC27612@eureka.lemis.com>

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"Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Tuesday,  9 January 2018 at 20:52:30 -0700, Warner Losh wrote:

> > I plan on marking these drivers with a new API (
> > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D13818) in the coming days saying they
> > will be removed in 12.x (meaning not in 12.0 or later).
>
> Is that "not" intended?  12.x sounds very much like 12.0 or later.  Or
> is it maybe "not in 12.0, but later in 12"?

Ah, the wonders of the English language!

I read it in another alternative way: that they'd be removed whilst
12 was still CURRENT i.e.: ".... will be removed in 12.x (meaning they
will not exist in 12.0 or later)"

cheers, Jamie



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