Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:40:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:40:31 -0500 Received: from dsl-213-023-038-163.arcor-ip.net ([213.23.38.163]:3347 "EHLO starship.berlin") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:40:27 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Daniel Phillips To: Larry McVoy Subject: Re: Coding style - a non-issue Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 19:43:01 +0100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] Cc: Larry McVoy , Henning Schmiedehausen , Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To:

<20011130101308.S14710@work.bitmover.com> In-Reply-To: <20011130101308.S14710@work.bitmover.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On November 30, 2001 07:13 pm, Larry McVoy wrote: > On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 06:49:11PM +0100, Daniel Phillips wrote: > > On the other hand, the idea of a coding style hall of shame - publicly > > humiliating kernel contributers - is immature and just plain silly. It's > > good to have a giggle thinking about it, but that's where it should stop. > > If you've got a more effective way of getting people to do the right thing, > lets hear it. Remember, the goal is to protect the source base, not your, > my, or another's ego. Yes, lead by example, it's at least as effective. Maybe humiliation works at Sun, when you're getting a paycheck, but in the world of volunteer development it just makes people walk. -- Daniel - 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/