Re: [PATCH] doc: announce TILE-Gx removal

[Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>]

On 02/14/2017 10:28 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2017-02-14 09:58, Thomas Monjalon:
>> 2017-02-14 08:50, Mcnamara, John:
>>> The notification should probably be for removal in 17.08, to one release cycle to respond/fix/update.
>>
>> There were some previous messages/warnings and there were no answer.
>> I have asked a working free toolchain, I did not have it.
>> We have asked some questions about drivers support, no reply.
>> I have asked about removal, no reply.
>> I really do not see why we should keep it longer.
>
> Some public links:
> Recent warnings: http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-February/056981.html
> Recent patch from Jerin without any comment: http://dpdk.org/commit/dff9071
> Bug in 16.04 without any comment: https://mail-archive.com/dev@dpdk.org/msg31596.html
> Work stopped in March, last year: https://mail-archive.com/dev@dpdk.org/msg43536.html
> No update for free toolchain: https://mail-archive.com/dev@dpdk.org/msg42651.html
>
> One year without any news is enough.
> Hope it convinces you.

It does for me:
Acked-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>

As suggested by Bruce, let's remove it just before v17.05-rc1 to
let some time, even if they would already have replied in case they
had a plan for maintaining it.

Thanks,
Maxime