linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709291753510.7068@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:56:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Erez Zadok <ezk@...sunysb.edu>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Erez Zadok wrote:
> >
> >  Documentation/CodingStyle         |   88 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>
> I'm not very happy with this.
>
> "CodingStyle" should be about the big issues, not about details.
> Yes, we've messed that up over the years, but let's not continue
> that.
>
> In other words, I'd suggest *removing* lines from CodingStyle, not
> adding them. The file has already gone from a "good general
> principles" to "lots of stupid details". Let's not make it worse.

here's a radical idea -- what about splitting the content across two
documents?  you know ... perhaps "coding style aesthetics" versus
"coding distinctions" or something like that.

oh, wait ...

http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/1/18

:-)

rday
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