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On Thu, 2019-03-14 at 15:07 +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> My principle is that if a script
> is present in the kernel tree then it can and should be maintained. If
> it is deemed not worth the maintenance effort then it should be
> deleted.

I've suggested deleting Lindent in the past.
https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/2/11/390

Also there is now the clang-format tool that
does an OK job of reflowing source to something
approximating the typical kernel style.

See:  Documentation/process/clang-format.rst