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Date:	Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:03:46 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: allow single space before labels

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 16:58 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 10:54 -0400, Ted Ts'o wrote:
> > Note that there is absolutely nothing about how labels should be
> > indented in CodingStyle at all, and I very much resist code
> > straightjackets being imposed by checkpatch.pl implementors.
> > 
> > Can we please stop this nonsense? 
> 
> 1) ignoring checkpatch over taste is good
> 2) by 1) its impossible to get checkpatch right
> 3) therefore pure checkpatch patches are nonsense
> 
> So can we agree that checkpatch is ok in its current form, and we should
> simply administer physical violence towards checkpatch wankers?
> 
> PS. I frequently practise 2).

That should be 1) of course.. I frequently ignore checkpatch output.
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