Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756622AbXI3Atb (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:49:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753318AbXI3AtX (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:49:23 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:38860 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753219AbXI3AtX (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:49:23 -0400 Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:49:12 -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: <200709300023.l8U0Nq9m012266@agora.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> Message-ID: References: <200709300023.l8U0Nq9m012266@agora.fsl.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: 658 Lines: 19 On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, Erez Zadok wrote: > > Would you prefer if CodingStyle was reorganized or even split into (1) > general principles and (2) details? Perhaps we need a CodingStylePrinciples > and a CodingStyleDetails? I'm certainly ok with the split into two files. What I'm not ok with is really important stuff (indentation), and then mixing in silly rules ("parenthesis are bad in printk's"?) 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/