On Sun, 29 Apr 2007, Stefan Richter wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i think this online definition matches what i have in mind: > > > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-10,GGGL:en&defl=en&q=define:Deprecated&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title > > "Definitions of Deprecated on the Web: [...] This term is used to refer > to /obsolete/ structures that should not be used for new applications". > > Emphasis is mine. > I can agree with this and the other definitions at this search result.
you're conflating those two again. here's my last attempt -- see the definitions here: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/conform.html and note the fundamental distinction: deprecated: "... User agents should continue to support deprecated ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ elements for reasons of backward compatibility..." obsolete: "... no guarantee of support by a user agent." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ that's it -- there's the fundamental difference. i really don't care if you can find other wordings that you can interpret differently. in *my* proposal, those two definitions are not orthogonal, they are mutually exclusive. period. end of discussion. if you can't accept that, feel free to submit your own proposal. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ======================================================================== - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/