Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754504Ab0HZQeO (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:34:14 -0400 Received: from bedivere.hansenpartnership.com ([66.63.167.143]:40755 "EHLO bedivere.hansenpartnership.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754183Ab0HZQeM (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:34:12 -0400 Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2010-discuss] [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add U: for URL of todo list, add RCU todo list From: James Bottomley To: Randy Dunlap Cc: Joe Perches , ksummit-2010-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org, mingo@elte.hu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20100826092923.4bdbea69.rdunlap@xenotime.net> 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> <20100826092923.4bdbea69.rdunlap@xenotime.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:34:10 -0500 Message-ID: <1282840450.8133.24.camel@mulgrave.site> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.1.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2987 Lines: 78 On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 09:29 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > 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? New tag was fine ... kernelnewbies wiki is also fine. My point is that if we're going to put them somewhere, lets make it obvious, not a find the list type of exercise. > Do you prefer a Grand Unified Todo List? I already gave my opinion on that ... James > 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 *** > _______________________________________________ > Ksummit-2010-discuss mailing list > Ksummit-2010-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ksummit-2010-discuss -- 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/