From owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Wed Jan 10 13:04:01 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BBD8E7F3EB for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:04:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamie@catflap.org) Received: from donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net (donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net [IPv6:2001:19f0:300:2185:a:dead:bad:faff]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47B70739C8; Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:04:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamie@catflap.org) Received: from donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net (donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net [104.207.135.49]) by donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id w0AD3xSc043083; Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:03:59 GMT (envelope-from jamie@donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net) Received: (from jamie@localhost) by donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id w0AD3w2h043082; Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:03:58 GMT (envelope-from jamie) From: Jamie Landeg-Jones Message-Id: <201801101303.w0AD3w2h043082@donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:03:58 +0000 Organization: Dyslexic Fish To: imp@bsdimp.com, grog@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: To be retired soon... References: <20180110064504.GC27612@eureka.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20180110064504.GC27612@eureka.lemis.com> User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.4 7/29/08 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net [104.207.135.49]); Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:03:59 +0000 (GMT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:04:01 -0000 "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" 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