Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263386AbTIBCg7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 22:36:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263388AbTIBCg7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 22:36:59 -0400 Received: from fed1mtao04.cox.net ([68.6.19.241]:47338 "EHLO fed1mtao04.cox.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263386AbTIBCg6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 22:36:58 -0400 To: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: dontdiff for 2.6.0-test4 cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <3F53F142.5050909@pobox.com> <20030901163958.A24464@infradead.org> <20030901162244.GA1041@mars.ravnborg.org> <3F537CDD.3040809@pobox.com> <20030901171806.GB1041@mars.ravnborg.org> From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 19:36:56 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Jeff Garzik's message of "Tue, 2: 25:56 GMT") Message-ID: <7vk78rykzb.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1426 Lines: 30 >>>>> "JG" == Jeff Garzik writes: JG> I stand corrected :) However, I think it's a tangent: JG> dontdiff is a file that's useful precisely because of the form its JG> in. So, as something that's proven itself useful to a bunch of people, JG> I definitely think it has a home somewhere in Documentation/* It need JG> not be referenced in any way by kbuild; that's not a big deal. The JG> two really serve different purposes. I do not think it is a tangent. While I am not opposed to ship dontdiff under Documentation/* separately from the current mrproper implementation in the Makefile, if these two should name the identical set of paths, coming up with a scheme in which humans have to maintain just a single source and derive these two different usage from that single source would make people's life easier. Two things that should be identical but have to be kept in sync by hand is simply a maintenance headache. On the other hand, if there are paths that should be in dontdiff that should not be cleaned by mrprper, or vice versa, then keeping two separately and maintaining two independently would absolutely makes sense. Are there such cases? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/