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tuna74 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Resigning as Asahi Linux project lead

Maintainers can't yank out code if that leads to feature, performance or user space regressions.

janice1999 4 months ago [–]

Entire filesystems and classes of drivers have been purged from the kernel over time. Removing stuff is not impossible as some here suggest.

tuna74 4 months ago | [–]

Yes, but removing stuff takes a lot of time and effort that most maintainers want to spend doing something more productive or fun.

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