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: <20100826232323.GL2367@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:23:23 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	ksummit-2010-discuss@...ts.linux-foundation.org, mingo@...e.hu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2010-discuss] [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add U: for URL of
 todo list, add RCU todo list

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 04:00:21PM -0700, Sarah Sharp wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 09:50:44AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:25:33AM -0500, James Bottomley wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 09:14 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 08:51:44AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 08:45 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > > > > Since T: and L: are already taken, add U: for URL of todo list.
> > > > > > Also add the RCU todo list to both the RCU and RCUTORTURE projects.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi Paul
> > > > > 
> > > > > I think W: already works perfectly well for this use.
> > > > > 
> > > > > >From MAINTAINERS:
> > > > >         W: Web-page with status/info
> > > > > 
> > > > > > @@ -4801,6 +4802,7 @@ M:	Josh Triplett <josh@...edesktop.org>
> > > > > >  M:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > > > > >  S:	Supported
> > > > > >  T:	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-2.6-rcu.git
> > > > > > +U:	http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/paulmck/rcutodo.html
> > > > > 
> > > > > W:	http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/paulmck/rcutodo.html
> > > > > 
> > > > > >  F:	Documentation/RCU/torture.txt
> > > > > >  F:	kernel/rcutorture.c
> > > > > >  
> > > > > > @@ -4826,6 +4828,7 @@ M:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > > > > >  W:	http://www.rdrop.com/users/paulmck/rclock/
> > > > > >  S:	Supported
> > > > > >  T:	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-2.6-rcu.git
> > > > > > +U:	http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/paulmck/rcutodo.html
> > > > > 
> > > > > W:	http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/paulmck/rcutodo.html
> > > > 
> > > > OK, how about the following, then?
> > > 
> > > Got to say I really think overloading W which means web page/status
> > > information isn't a very good idea:
> > > 
> > > jejb@...grave:~/git/linux-2.6> grep -w 'W:' MAINTAINERS |wc -l
> > > 371
> > > 
> > > We already have ~400 of them ... how's anyone looking for a todo list
> > > going to find the right one in amongst all the others (assuming a newbie
> > > with no subject predisposition simply trying to find any todo list).
> > 
> > Hopefully the todo lists have "todo" or "TODO" in the URL.  ;-)
> 
> That may not be the case if you use a public todo list on
> rememberthemilk.com.  It doesn't make sense to end multiple todo list
> names with "todo" for on site that's specifically designed to help with
> todo lists.
> 
> I like the idea of a separate letter for todo lists URLs.

So do I!  ;-)

Another option for URLs not containing "todo" or "TODO" is something like:

W:	rememberthemilk.com (todo)

I suspect that most people would know not to include " (todo)" in
the string they fed to their browser.

Seem reasonable?

							Thanx, Paul
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