linux-kernel - Re: [SCRIPT] Remove "space damage" from patches

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Date:	Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:27:42 +0000
From:	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>
To:	Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@...dent.ltu.se>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [SCRIPT] Remove "space damage" from patches

On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 03:00:35AM +0100, Richard Knutsson wrote:
> Oleg Verych wrote:
> >On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 02:26:04AM +0100, Richard Knutsson wrote:
> >[]
> >  
> >>I also guess you saw that the script is _not_ for cleaning up 
> >>source-files (can be intrusive and is better to be fixed when fixing 
> >>something else), but patches.
> >>    
> >
> >IMHO it's dealing with consequences, not cause, and it's even worse.
> >  
> How many patches is not to fix bugs, it is worse then some strayed 
> whitespace but it is due to reality.
> The best is, of course, if neither happened but the next best thing is 

1. Patches are signed-off (not by you).
2. Maybe Andrew Morton under his sign-off add such feature.

> >> (otherwise I believe they just deleted my mail ;) ).
> >>    
> >
> >I would like to discuss, would you?
> >  
> I like to discuss but I am not sure what the result would be. Force 
> people to use the editors of our choice?
> As long people uses valid e-mail-clients when sending patches (or they 
> use the script "sendpatchset"), I'm think we have to be satisfied.
> But if you have any ideas, I'm listening.

Open-source worker, hammering his fingers? Please, let me out it ;D

> Richard Knutsson
> 

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