Re: [RFC 1/4] CONFIG_STABLE: Define it

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Chris Snook wrote:
> There are many different ways you can use it.  If I'm writing a configurable 
> feature, I could make it depend on !CONFIG_STABLE, or I could ifdef my code out 
> if CONFIG_STABLE is set, unless a more granular option is also set.  The 
> maintainer of the code that uses the config option has a lot of flexibility,

In other words, nobody will ever know what this config option really does.

> at least until we start enforcing standards.
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