Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756608AbXI3DgR (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:36:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754123AbXI3DgE (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:36:04 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:55149 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754035AbXI3DgC (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:36:02 -0400 Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:35:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu cc: Erez Zadok , akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates In-Reply-To: <13255.1191122973@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Message-ID: References: <11910151223214-git-send-email-ezk@cs.sunysb.edu> <18163.1191119041@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <13255.1191122973@turing-police.cc.vt.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: 701 Lines: 22 On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > > I kind of meant the *maintainers* couldn't whine about things not in > CodingStyle ;) No, I understood you. I'm personally of the opinion that the automated style checking, and having detailed rules is always a mistake. It's *much* better to teach people the big things. And the small things will vary from person to person _anyway_, so it's not like you can really document them. 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/