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([187.94.15.112]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 46e09a7af769-845b9e280dbsm6706057a34.19.2026.10.19.08.39.36 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:39:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Breno Rodrigues Alves To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Heiko Carstens , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andy Whitcroft , Joe Perches , Dwaipayan Ray , Lukas Bulwahn Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] scripts: convert remaining Perl utilities in scripts/ Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:39:31 -0300 Message-ID: <20261019153932.27283-1-breno3011alves@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 In-Reply-To: <87wlrd932j.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> References: <20261019100505.3199861A74+hca@linux.ibm.com> <20261019133452.4826-1-breno3011alves@gmail.com> <87wlrd932j.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi Jon, Thank you for the detailed and direct feedback. You are absolutely right, and I appreciate you taking the time to correct my misunderstandings. Regarding get_maintainer and checkpatch: I was completely mistaken. I conflated the ongoing discussions and RFC proposals with the existing state of the kernel. I apologize for the inaccuracy. Your point about the maintenance burden and the "consistency" argument is very well taken. I see now that "consistency" is not a valid technical justification if there are no active bugs or integration requirements (like Sphinx for kerneldoc). As you noted, people running the scripts do not care about the implementation language, and I do not have the track record yet to offer myself as a replacement maintainer for these tools. I realize that my v2 patch for checkstack.py falls into the "change for its own sake" category you described. Since the Perl script works and has a stable maintenance status, submitting this patch was premature. I will withdraw the checkstack patch. Please disregard the [PATCH v2] sent earlier. I want to contribute meaningfully to the kernel, but clearly, I need to focus on fixing actual bugs or making changes with a clear, undeniable technical necessity. Thank you again for the guidance. It is a lesson I will not forget. Best regards, Breno