linux-kernel - Re: Merging of completely unreviewed drivers

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Date:	Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:37:11 +0100
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>,
	Glenn Streiff <gstreiff@...Effect.com>,
	Faisal Latif <flatif@...Effect.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, general@...ts.openfabrics.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: Merging of completely unreviewed drivers

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> writes:

> Will people then try to fake things out by using 4-space indents 
> and then "deep" indentations will look like just a couple of tabs?)

There is no point in faking it as it's only advisory, it's to help the
author who should be free to ignore the advice. People upstream won't
be fooled by some cheap tab tricks I guess.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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