Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754499Ab0HZQ3c (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:29:32 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([72.52.115.56]:57101 "HELO xenotime.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752759Ab0HZQ33 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:29:29 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:29:23 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: James Bottomley Cc: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, Joe Perches , mingo@elte.hu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ksummit-2010-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2010-discuss] [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add U: for URL of todo list, add RCU todo list Message-Id: <20100826092923.4bdbea69.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <1282839933.8133.11.camel@mulgrave.site> References: <20100826154537.GA4874@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1282837904.1875.64.camel@Joe-Laptop> <20100826161451.GB2367@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1282839933.8133.11.camel@mulgrave.site> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.6; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2391 Lines: 62 On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:25:33 -0500 James Bottomley wrote: > On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 09:14 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 08:51:44AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > > On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 08:45 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > > > Since T: and L: are already taken, add U: for URL of todo list. > > > > Also add the RCU todo list to both the RCU and RCUTORTURE projects. > > > > > > Hi Paul > > > > > > I think W: already works perfectly well for this use. > > > > > > >From MAINTAINERS: > > > W: Web-page with status/info > > > > > > > @@ -4801,6 +4802,7 @@ M: Josh Triplett > > > > M: "Paul E. McKenney" > > > > S: Supported > > > > T: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-2.6-rcu.git > > > > +U: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/paulmck/rcutodo.html > > > > > > W: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/paulmck/rcutodo.html > > > > > > > F: Documentation/RCU/torture.txt > > > > F: kernel/rcutorture.c > > > > > > > > @@ -4826,6 +4828,7 @@ M: "Paul E. McKenney" > > > > W: http://www.rdrop.com/users/paulmck/rclock/ > > > > S: Supported > > > > T: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-2.6-rcu.git > > > > +U: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/paulmck/rcutodo.html > > > > > > W: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/paulmck/rcutodo.html > > > > OK, how about the following, then? > > Got to say I really think overloading W which means web page/status > information isn't a very good idea: > > jejb@mulgrave:~/git/linux-2.6> grep -w 'W:' MAINTAINERS |wc -l > 371 > > We already have ~400 of them ... how's anyone looking for a todo list > going to find the right one in amongst all the others (assuming a newbie > with no subject predisposition simply trying to find any todo list). Did you have an alternate suggestion? Do you prefer a Grand Unified Todo List? I don't mind the kernelnewbies list/location, but we need to give it some TLC. --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** -- 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/