linux-kernel - Re: [Ksummit-2010-discuss] [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add U: for URL of todo list, add RCU todo list

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Date:	Wed, 1 Sep 2010 01:19:18 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, mingo@...e.hu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	ksummit-2010-discuss@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2010-discuss] [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add U: for URL of todo list, add RCU todo list

On Wednesday, September 01, 2010, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 16:02 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> 
> > > We could add a toplevel "todo/" directory, with each project file in it
> > > and a list of things todo. When the todo is done, that same commit could
> > > remove the todo item.
> > > 
> > > Just a worthless thought ;-)
> > 
> > I am with Dmitry on this one.  I really don't want to be prevented from
> > updating my todo items outside of the merge window.
> > 
> > Different people have different needs, so we need to accommodate todo
> > lists both within and outside the kernel source tree.
> 
> Actually, that would probably happen automatically.
> 
> If you are working on a subsystem, you should probably be working
> against the git tree for that subsystem. When something is done in the
> todo list, the subsystem tree would be updated with the commit that does
> said change.
> 
> Then, the list is maintained outside of mainline (in the subsystem git
> tree) and will automatically update mainline in the next merge window
> when the tree is pulled.

Seriously, given the known history of Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt,
I don't think this is going to work.

Thanks,
Rafael
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