From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756605AbYDIPOX (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:14:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753334AbYDIPOQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:14:16 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:50546 "HELO xenotime.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753330AbYDIPOP (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:14:15 -0400 Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 08:14:12 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: Andy Whitcroft Cc: Andi Kleen , Jan Engelhardt , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [patch] checkpatch: relax spacing and line length Message-Id: <20080409081412.5d2a5596.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <20080409131420.GL17915@shadowen.org> References: <20080408171257.GF17915@shadowen.org> <87ej9gp6ol.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> <20080409081943.GI17915@shadowen.org> <20080409083013.GJ17915@shadowen.org> <20080409084606.GD19010@one.firstfloor.org> <20080409131420.GL17915@shadowen.org> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.8.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:14:20 +0100 Andy Whitcroft wrote: > === 8< === > add a note on the risks associated with wide ranging style cleanups > > Add a NOTE to the SubmittingPatches guide pointing out the issues which > may occur when submitting wide ranging style cleanups, and pointing the > reader to the area maintainers. > > Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft > --- > Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 6 ++++++ > 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > index 08a1ed1..633b9cf 100644 > --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > @@ -472,6 +472,12 @@ The checker reports at three levels: > You should be able to justify all violations that remain in your > patch. > > +NOTE: updating entire files purely for style violations can cause > +significant issues for other contributers and maintainers by increasing contributors > +collisions between patches. It is therefore recommended you contact the > +area Maintainer to ensure these patches are likely to be accepted _before_ > +starting work. > + > > > 2) #ifdefs are ugly --- ~Randy