Re: [PATCH] Delete cryptoloop

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Author: James Morris
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To: Andries Brouwer
CC: Andrew Morton, dpf-lkml, linux-kernel, aeb
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Delete cryptoloop
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Andries Brouwer wrote:

> # Part of the reason for dropping cryptoloop is to help dm-crypt
> # mature more quickly.
>
> A very strange reason. But maybe it fits in with dropping the idea
> of a stable kernel.


Well, now that the kernel development model has changed (there may not be
a 2.7 in the forseeable future), just when do you drop buggy, unmaintained
code?

- James
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James Morris
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