netdev - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Mark some staging directories as "Obsolete"

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Message-ID: <20180109193819.GA22528@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 9 Jan 2018 20:38:19 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Petr Vandrovec <petr@...drovec.name>,
        Samuel Ortiz <samuel@...tiz.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Mark some staging directories as "Obsolete"

On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 11:33:56AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> Several staging directories have TODO files that indicate a
> subsystem will be removed in the future.
> 
> Using a status entry of "S:	Obsolete" helps indicate the
> subsystem files should not be modified unnecessarily.
> 
> checkpatch also tests this setting and emits a warning that
> the matching subsystem files should not be modified.
> 
> This might help avoid receiving patches that will be dropped.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>

Ah nice, I didn't know about this, I'll go queue this up, thanks.

greg k-h