linux-kernel - Re: CFD: linux-wanking@...r.kernel.org (was [PATCH] Standard indentation of arguments)

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Message-ID: <9a8748490805211306l50b8411ax4462be18c94ca065@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 21 May 2008 22:06:55 +0200
From:	"Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Cyrill Gorcunov" <gorcunov@...il.com>, rdunlap@...otime.net,
	tytso@....edu, hch@...radead.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: CFD: linux-wanking@...r.kernel.org (was [PATCH] Standard indentation of arguments)

2008/5/21 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>:
> On Wed, 21 May 2008 23:45:22 +0400
> Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> Anrew, Randy, you just wrote KernelNewbiesGuide I think ;) There are
>> lot of internet sites which could help with what-to-do, and linux-mm.org
>> and kernel.bugzilla.org and more BUT what I've tried to say is that we
>> really have such document inside kernel tree (it could be really short)
>> like:
>>
>> Which patches are not good for sending to LKML
>> ----------------------------------------------
>>
>>  - Plain whitespace cleanup
>>
>> Some rules just *known* only if you have an experience in LKML mailing
>> but if someone is sending _first_ patch he ever made he just doesn't know
>> that. That is all. So we need not a link to some inet resource BUT written
>> in file inside of kernel tree. But that is just my (personal) opinion.
>
> Yes, a general GettingStarted document would probably be useful.
> It would hopefully have more what-to-do content than what-not-to-do.

I'm in the process of trying to write an initial draft of just such a
document right now. I'll post it once I'm a bit more done (gimme an
hour or two).

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