From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758044Ab0IZTRY (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:17:24 -0400 Received: from khc.piap.pl ([195.187.100.11]:34259 "EHLO khc.piap.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757173Ab0IZTRX (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:17:23 -0400 From: Krzysztof Halasa To: "Ted Ts'o" Cc: Tracey Dent , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] Fs: ext4: namei: fixed file of checkpatch/pl warnings and errors References: <1285439521-2557-1-git-send-email-tdent48227@gmail.com> <1285439521-2557-10-git-send-email-tdent48227@gmail.com> <20100926182338.GM19690@thunk.org> Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:17:20 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20100926182338.GM19690@thunk.org> (Ted Ts'o's message of "Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:23:38 -0400") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ted Ts'o writes: > I'm beginning to think we need to have an entry in the kernel newbie's > FAQ warning people that the output of various scripts such as > checkpatch and get_maintainer are not authoratative, and are > hueristics intended to be supplemented by human intelligence. Definitely. Current situation creates some false impressions, leaving the newcomers confused (at best). Net effect = loss. -- Krzysztof Halasa