Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756849AbXI2SSc (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:18:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755790AbXI2SSZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:18:25 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:43195 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755817AbXI2SSY (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:18:24 -0400 Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:18:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Erez Zadok cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates In-Reply-To: <11910151223214-git-send-email-ezk@cs.sunysb.edu> Message-ID: References: <11910151223214-git-send-email-ezk@cs.sunysb.edu> 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: 746 Lines: 21 On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Erez Zadok wrote: > > Documentation/CodingStyle | 88 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- I'm not very happy with this. "CodingStyle" should be about the big issues, not about details. Yes, we've messed that up over the years, but let's not continue that. In other words, I'd suggest *removing* lines from CodingStyle, not adding them. The file has already gone from a "good general principles" to "lots of stupid details". Let's not make it worse. Linus - 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/