linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts: Make cleanfile/cleanpatch warn about long lines

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Message-ID: <4657CBEC.7070609@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 25 May 2007 22:55:56 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: Make cleanfile/cleanpatch warn about long lines

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 25 May 2007 17:58:26 -0700 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> 
>> Make the "cleanfile" and "cleanpatch" script warn about long lines,
>> by default lines whose visual width exceeds 79 characters.
>>
>> Per suggestion from Auke Kok.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
>> ---
>>  scripts/cleanfile  |   54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>  scripts/cleanpatch |   58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 
> This functionality wholly duplicates the patch-sanity-checking script
> which Andy, Randy and others are working on.
> 
> The plan is to merge that script into the tree and, once it's looking
> reasonably accurate, we wire a copy of it up to the email lists so that it
> autonags patch-senders over the usual trivial junk.  Think of it as an
> akpm-over-SMTP server.

LOL.

	-hpa
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