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Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:08:45 +0000
From: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
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Subject: Re: Changelog quality
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On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:05:21AM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Jan 2010, Pekka Enberg wrote:

> > It seems to me that the scripts are kernel specific so why don't we
> > put those useful scripts _within_ the kernel source tree and introduce
> > a "make coccinelle-check" target?

> Indeed, perhaps a solution that would satisfy everyone would be to make a 
> place for scripts, perhaps with subdirectories for various tools, and then 
> when one submits a patch for tool X, one could then submit the script at 
> the same time (if it wasn't there already) and just refer to the script 
> that was used.  That way, if someone wants to know more about how the 
> change was made, they could look up the information, and if one does not, 
> then one would not be bother by having to scroll down to see the actual 
> patch.

This would also mean that other people could run and re-run the scripts
during development much more easily which would help improve the
coverage of new code.
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