linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] fs/jffs2: Delete obsolete TODO file

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Message-ID: <CAFLxGvy7vKJHAms-QAyhcUiv58GYQy+zy3AZ3hP_g+tmh-X4xg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 8 Apr 2021 00:20:17 +0200
From:   Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
To:     Wang Qing <wangqing@...o.com>
Cc:     Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Adaptec OEM Raid Solutions <aacraid@...rosemi.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@...nel.org>,
        Salah Triki <salah.triki@...il.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-hams@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-decnet-user@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] fs/jffs2: Delete obsolete TODO file

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 9:07 AM Wang Qing <wangqing@...o.com> wrote:
>
> The TODO file here has not been updated for 14 years, and the function
> development described in the file have been implemented or abandoned.
>
> Its existence will mislead developers seeking to view outdated information.

Did you check whether all items in this list are really outdated?
Nobody shall ever blindly follow a TODO list without checking first which
points are still valid or not.
Removing that file does not magically solve the issues it describes.

-- 
Thanks,
//richard