Re: [PATCH RESEND 00/62] initrd: remove classic initrd support

Askar Safin <[email protected]> Sat, 20 Sep 2025 06:54:58 +0300
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On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 6:25=E2=80=AFPM Nicolas Schichan <nschichan@freebox=
.fr> wrote:
> Considering that the deprecation message didn't get displayed in some
> configurations, maybe it's a bit early at the very least.

I changed my opinion.
Breaking users, who did not see a deprecation message at all,
is unfair.
I will send a patchset soon, which will remove initrd codepath,
which currently contains deprecation notice. And I will put
deprecation notice to
other codepath.

Then in September 2026 I will fully remove initrd.

> SMTP server I used wasn't authenticated to google, so all gmail
> recipients were dropped. Hopefully this work better today.

Yes, this time I got your email

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Askar Safin