linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/18] use semicolons rather than commas to separate statements

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Date:   Mon, 5 Oct 2020 17:52:06 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>, tools@...ux.kernel.org,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>,
        Valdis Klētnieks <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, drbd-dev@...ts.linbit.com,
        openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>,
        linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/18] use semicolons rather than commas to separate
 statements

On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 12:43:13PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sat, 2020-10-03 at 15:31 -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:

> > I'm worried that this can get unwieldy for series of 50 patches where 49 
> > got applied. Would the following be better:

...

> > A subset of these patches was applied to
> > 
> >   https://...
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > [5/18] regmap: debugfs:
> >        commit:

It's definitely an improvement but TBH I'm not sure how much it's going
to help those struggling to parse the current messages.

> > I think this is a better solution than potentially flooding everyone 
> > with 49 emails.

I would tend to prefer cutting down on mail volume but I don't think
there's any way to keep everyone happy with this stuff.

> I think it would be better to reply individually as
> the likelihood that the maintainer skips just a few
> patches of a large series is relatively low.

It's not at all unusual for driver updates to both add new DT bindings
(either for entirely new drivers or new properties/compatibles for
existing drivers) and also have DTS file updates using those bindings,
these go via separate trees.

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