From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EA83C282CE for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 13:19:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E693020717 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 13:19:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727093AbfFDNTw (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jun 2019 09:19:52 -0400 Received: from Galois.linutronix.de ([146.0.238.70]:39773 "EHLO Galois.linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727846AbfFDNTC (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jun 2019 09:19:02 -0400 Received: from p5b06daab.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([91.6.218.171] helo=nanos) by Galois.linutronix.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1hY9L9-0000jv-Cg; Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:18:59 +0200 Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 15:18:58 +0200 (CEST) From: Thomas Gleixner To: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" cc: Greg KH , linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] treewide: refined: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 235 In-Reply-To: <1977c56d-cbaa-9b09-2584-6d04286d8e81@metux.net> Message-ID: References: <20190602204653.904365654@linutronix.de> <1559560444-31041-1-git-send-email-info@metux.net> <1559560444-31041-2-git-send-email-info@metux.net> <3c0115ec-54ba-56dc-9588-bfaa6736987b@metux.net> <20190604084759.GC1129@kroah.com> <1977c56d-cbaa-9b09-2584-6d04286d8e81@metux.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (DEB 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Linutronix-Spam-Score: -1.0 X-Linutronix-Spam-Level: - X-Linutronix-Spam-Status: No , -1.0 points, 5.0 required, ALL_TRUSTED=-1,SHORTCIRCUIT=-0.0001 Sender: linux-spdx-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 4 Jun 2019, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > On 04.06.19 08:47, Greg KH wrote: > > > Fixing up "ugly" comments should only be done on the drivers/staging/ > > tree, and people working there can do it "by hand" if they really want > > to. Don't annoy maintainers of other subsystems with changes like this, > > unless you want to be added to their mailbox kill-file. > > hmm, improving readability is not wanted ? > and what about things like fixing formatting, etc ? I rather prefer people to read comments, try to make sense out of them and fix up the sloppy wording or the stale and misleading information. That's much more valuable than yet another spell checker exercise. Thanks, tglx