linux-kernel - Re: Moratorium on coding style patches (was Re: [PATCH] include/linux/kernel.h: fixed coding style issues)

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Message-ID: <1481821393.29291.70.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:03:13 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>, piotrgregor@...ncme.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Moratorium on coding style patches (was Re: [PATCH]
 include/linux/kernel.h: fixed coding style issues)

(Adding Greg KH)

On Thu, 2016-12-15 at 11:54 +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, 2016-12-14 at 18:13 +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> > > Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> writes:
> > > > I call for a tree wide moratorium on pure coding style changes.
> > 
> > []
> > > I'd relax this slightly and say don't do style
> > > patches unless as a prelude to some real work.
> > 
> > And exclude drivers/staging
> 
> I wouldn't mind seeing staging deleted.  What makes those drivers so
> special that they deserve to be included in the main tree without
> meeting even the most basic of standards normally required?

People actually use them. (well, some of them)