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,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no 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 D1D48C4CEC8 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 17:58:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B02752089F for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 17:58:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731169AbfIMR6G (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:58:06 -0400 Received: from mail-ot1-f67.google.com ([209.85.210.67]:36772 "EHLO mail-ot1-f67.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726822AbfIMR6F (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:58:05 -0400 Received: by mail-ot1-f67.google.com with SMTP id 67so30223981oto.3; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:58:04 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=Fc8ArwY2yHMv3VLGfSx43u0p3YGfGGpe4m6tepZiINk=; b=r3aVCvVytjIjwe/cpovpTALdFJONhd7f610WgoiZEDiMVJNy1HdVbeF0aKgJk0t945 WpuLHfcCTs38glsv9SCnjV7I+pY3qgdc6ltQochYaIUQgQBo+FfzUAdlYFr7jozRcZ+L PxBjxVZM2CXEjIzKJCbzge9oF0PRPmk7G9yDbnnJz0w/6H6aT2cwHV3tXGhhagsGcz+z h4lsYGmC/bZiqpWDi0P02yiVgBPuHX/tgeO/p00rSwblhk3fGapaueGsSy/8g6gzl/wB 80VgY/otAS34FZQZC7fWagChA3Z/jeSOKYOLulYeDzwCubybRhs9UtLp8R/ypWYKGSL0 khlg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAW7Kh8Vhtxkymil/iGIHBRYzaZLG1Og902LfKqrCJmLj0QWaYCD ZNBAVQhZbFCaxx3iw2sLKXjL8OzNmDfTR/32Zqk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzyImSnQNT/1nq0D+U2KoEgWBUwap3ooX9gDEXxtzeKquL0nJSL5mI7pRuhD9SS70qXmVNHPZNrhoiX0dxj2SU= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6830:1196:: with SMTP id u22mr1341707otq.39.1568397484322; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:58:04 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <156821692280.2951081.18036584954940423225.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com> <156821693963.2951081.11214256396118531359.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com> <20190911184332.GL20699@kadam> <9132e214-9b57-07dc-7ee2-f6bc52e960c5@kernel.dk> <20190913010937.7fc20d93@lwn.net> <20190913114849.GP20699@kadam> In-Reply-To: From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:57:52 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v2 3/3] libnvdimm, MAINTAINERS: Maintainer Entry Profile To: Randy Dunlap Cc: Dan Carpenter , Jonathan Corbet , Dave Jiang , ksummit , "linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org" , Vishal Verma , Linux Kernel Mailing List , bpf Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Randy, On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 5:00 PM Randy Dunlap wrote: > On 9/13/19 4:48 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote: > >> So I'm expecting to take this kind of stuff into Documentation/. My own > >> personal hope is that it can maybe serve to shame some of these "local > >> quirks" out of existence. The evidence from this brief discussion suggests > >> that this might indeed happen. > > > > I don't think it's shaming, I think it's validating. Everyone just > > insists that since it's written in the Book of Rules then it's our fault > > for not reading it. It's like those EULA things where there is more > > text than anyone can physically read in a life time. > > Yes, agreed. > > > And the documentation doesn't help. For example, I knew people's rules > > about capitalizing the subject but I'd just forget. I say that if you > > can't be bothered to add it to checkpatch then it means you don't really > > care that strongly. > > If a subsystem requires a certain spelling/capitalization in patch email > subjects, it should be added to MAINTAINERS IMO. E.g., > E: NuBus Oh, I understood the question differently. I thought it was about "sub: system: Fix foo" vs. "sub: system: fix foo". For simple and trivial things, I tend to make changes while applying, as that's usually less work than complaining, and verifying that it's been fixed in the next (if any) version n days/weeks/months later. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds