linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: module: remove deprecated author key

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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:46:41 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Guilherme Giacomo Simoes <trintaeoitogc@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: module: remove deprecated author key

On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM Guilherme Giacomo Simoes
<trintaeoitogc@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Maybe, after this patch we can make a checkpatch change for check the `authors`
> key (and MODULE_AUTHOR for C side), and throw a WARN if the author is a name
> (not a url, or "rust for linux") and don't have a email address.
>
> Unless you guys tell me otherwise, I guess this is not so priority.

It is not a priority, and even if it were, it would be an independent
change, i.e. not for this patch series, so no worries :)

Cheers,
Miguel