linux-kernel - Re: Eudyptula Challenge (Task 10)

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Date:	Mon, 28 Jul 2014 11:46:55 -0400
From:	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	"Liviu I." <liviu.i.2222@...il.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	amk@...y.com, liang.zhen@...el.com, uja.ornl@...il.com,
	emoly.liu@...el.com, rashika.kheria@...il.com,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Eudyptula Challenge (Task 10)

On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 05:53:19AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Can you folks please stop this challenge Bullshit?  More checkpatch
> fixes is not something we'll need at all.

Greg and Dan have previously said that the staging tree is a good place
for newcomers to submit checkpatch cleanup patches.  However, I think
there are a few tweaks that could be made to the Eudyptula Challenge to
avoid this noise/frustration:

  - No need to send to lkml, the staging tree ML is probably fine.

  - Don't mention Eudyptula Challenge, it's not relevant to the patch.
     * It looks like you want a cookie.  We have none.

  - Submit the patch to the Challenge admins first for review.  This
    patch submission should have never made the cut.
     - No S-o-B
     - MIME attachment
     - Subject line is just wrong
     - Full name missing in From:

I've worked with several participants of the challenge and never saw
this many things wrong with a patch submission.  Either the admins are
dropping the ball, or this participant got loose somehow. :)

It makes me wonder if they should start with a git workflow from day
one?  It would prevent a lot of these avoidable mistakes.

thx,

Jason.
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