linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] documentation: list common guidelines for commit log content

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Message-ID: <20090424132655.GA4132@windriver.com>
Date:	Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:26:55 -0400
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, tytso@....edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] documentation: list common guidelines for commit log
	content

[Re: [PATCH] documentation: list common guidelines for commit log content] On 23/04/2009 (Thu 17:08) Jonathan Corbet wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:00:56 -0400
> Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:
> 
> > Recent discussions on lkml have brought to light that it is
> > probably worthwhile documenting some of the common (yet up to
> > now implicit) requirements that exist for commit log content.
> > This is by no means exhaustive, but it is a start.
> 
> Sorry I sat on this for a week; I've not ignored it.
> 
> The change made me uncomfortable, despite the fact that I didn't really
> disagree with anything in it.  I guess I feel that there's only so far
> that it makes sense to go with big long lists of do's and don't's.
> That document is plenty long already...  So I put together something
> shorter which tries to focus on the problem at a higher level.  

Fine by me.  I agree that not everything can live in the kernel, and
long lists can test the limits of a person's attention span.  I've
found value in using such a list internally, so thought it worth
sharing.  If nothing else, people can reference the list via a mailing
list archive or similar now.

Paul.

> 
> But maybe others disagree?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> jon
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