Drivers are optionally compiled in Linux, if they default to off then they are not built or distributed to end users. Or if they are compiled as external modules they can be put in optional packages that most don’t need to download.
But yeah, eventually it can be good to remove old stuff. But ideally only after no one else is using it. Which isbwhy they leave things in for longer periods of time.
that’s true, it’s probably very stable - but more code increases the total size of the package delivered.
Drivers are optionally compiled in Linux, if they default to off then they are not built or distributed to end users. Or if they are compiled as external modules they can be put in optional packages that most don’t need to download.
But yeah, eventually it can be good to remove old stuff. But ideally only after no one else is using it. Which isbwhy they leave things in for longer periods of time.