From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753136AbcLLXTa (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Dec 2016 18:19:30 -0500 Received: from zed.grinta.net ([109.74.203.128]:60744 "EHLO zed.grinta.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752035AbcLLXT2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Dec 2016 18:19:28 -0500 Subject: Re: Clarification for acceptance statistics? To: SF Markus Elfring References: <5560ffc2-e17d-5750-24e5-3150aba5d8aa@grinta.net> <581046dd-0a4a-acea-a6a8-8d2469594881@grinta.net> <3d09590c-9a10-f756-1b71-536ea37d8524@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org, Alexey Khoroshilov , Hans Verkuil , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , LKML , kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org From: Daniele Nicolodi Message-ID: <9708653c-c7ac-dcb0-1b5d-4b74ee5ed79a@grinta.net> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:19:23 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 12/12/16 3:11 PM, SF Markus Elfring wrote: >>> It is really needed to clarify the corresponding software development >>> history any further? >> >> It is relevant because you are submitting a patch and your changelog >> implies that it makes the code follow some code structure rule that >> needs to be applied to the kernel. > > I am proposing a change which was described also around various other > functions in some software already. What is this supposed to mean? >> As the above is a recurring pattern in kernel code, it is legitimate >> to ask if such a rule exist, and has been enforced before, or you are >> making it up. > > I got the impression that special software development habits can also > evolve over time. > >> As a proposer of a new pattern, what is the evidence you can bring to >> the discussion that supports that your solution is better? > > I am trying to increase the software development attention on error > detection and corresponding exception handling at various places. Are you doing this submitting random patches to the kernel sources? >> What is the metric you are using to define "better"? > > Do response times for system failures matter here? No. And you are again answering a question with a question. Cheers, Daniele