From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: gentle reminder
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 10:45:59 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080508104559.2aa90c7c.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080507132103.574f8778.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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On Wed, 7 May 2008 13:21:03 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> When adding
>
> - new Makefile entries
> - new Kconfig entries
> - new #includes
> - new Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt records
> - etc
>
> you usually don't *have* to place your new entry right at the end of the
> list. Doing this maximises the probability of causing collisions with
> other people's work.
>
> So, to make life simpler for those who integrate your work, please consider
> putting these entries somewhere other than where-everyone-else-puts-theirs.
>
> You may even find that right-at-the-end wasn't the most appropriate place
> anyway. But random insertion works well too.
Strongly seconded ....
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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
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