linux-kernel - Re: gentle reminder

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Message-Id: <20080508104559.2aa90c7c.sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:	Thu, 8 May 2008 10:45:59 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: gentle reminder

On Wed, 7 May 2008 13:21:03 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> When adding
> 
> - new Makefile entries
> - new Kconfig entries
> - new #includes
> - new Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt records
> - etc
> 
> you usually don't *have* to place your new entry right at the end of the
> list.  Doing this maximises the probability of causing collisions with
> other people's work.
> 
> So, to make life simpler for those who integrate your work, please consider
> putting these entries somewhere other than where-everyone-else-puts-theirs.
> 
> You may even find that right-at-the-end wasn't the most appropriate place
> anyway.  But random insertion works well too.

Strongly seconded ....

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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