linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Minimize checkpatch induced patches...

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Date:   Wed, 14 Sep 2016 20:24:34 +0200
From:   Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:     Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Minimize checkpatch induced patches...

On 09/14/2016 08:21 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-09-14 at 20:16 +0200, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
>> You know what. 
>> with some additional writing like 
>> "Existing code outside staging is not supposed to be "fixed" to match checkpatch.
>> Please do not send checkpatch initiated patches for those files"
>> near the newly created warn
> 
> That's not to my taste.
> That should be in the Documentation tree somewhere.

Fine with me. maybe in SubmitingPatches?