From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0A7C7BCC for ; Thu, 9 Jul 2015 23:59:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from imap.thunk.org (imap.thunk.org [74.207.234.97]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 89D3B9C for ; Thu, 9 Jul 2015 23:59:32 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 19:59:28 -0400 From: Theodore Ts'o To: David Woodhouse Message-ID: <20150709235928.GI9417@thunk.org> References: <201507080121.41463.PeterHuewe@gmx.de> <559C73DF.2030008@roeck-us.net> <20150708114011.3a1f1861@noble> <2879113.fraeuJIr2M@avalon> <20150709193718.GD9169@vmdeb7> <1436481109.3324.219.camel@infradead.org> <20150709233854.GE111846@vmdeb7> <1436485273.24408.4.camel@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1436485273.24408.4.camel@infradead.org> Cc: Jason Cooper , ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] Recruitment (Reviewers, Testers, Maintainers, Hobbyists) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 12:41:13AM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Thu, 2015-07-09 at 16:38 -0700, Darren Hart wrote: > > since we're talking about recruiting, my point was by implementing > > some of these things we can maintain our standards while reducing > > maintainer/reviewer overhead. > > Hopefully, yes. But people actually have to *use* the tools and > services we provide. Like checkpatch. > > Rather than seeing them as part of the problem. Using checkpatch on patches before they are submitted are definitely part of the solution. Using "checkpatch --file" or coccinelle on files where you are not the maintainer or one of the core subsystem developers to inflate your patch count is (IMHO) part of the problem. - Ted