linux-kernel - Re: [Ksummit-2010-discuss] [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add U: for URL of todo list, add RCU todo list

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1008261841370.1019@pobox.suse.cz>
Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:42:55 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, mingo@...e.hu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	ksummit-2010-discuss@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2010-discuss] [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add U: for URL of
 todo list, add RCU todo list

On Thu, 26 Aug 2010, Arjan van de Ven wrote:

> I have to say that I'm not yet convinced that keeping a todo list in a 
> place that's not with the actual source code does not give me warm fuzzy 
> feelings. Every time we've kept information about the source code 
> separate from our source code it's been a failure; it gets out of sync 
> fast and it just adds to the maintenance.
> 
> A git commit that both fixes an issue and removed the line from the todo 
> file (or moves it to a "done" section, whatever) is the ultimate goal 
> obviously... having a U: seems to go in exactly the opposite direction.
> 
> otoh having a kernel-doc type (eg structured, parsable) way of
> gathering todo items throughout the tree.... that I can see as useful.

I still feel that if maintainer is willing to keep TODO list on web for 
whatever reason (hyperlinks, nice tables, images, whatever), then he 
should be free to do so.

The U: (or whatever) tag in MAINTAINERS file still could point to file in 
the actual sources, in cases maintainer choses to have the list there, of 
course.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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