04/10/2024 18:31, Stephen Hemminger: > On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:14:42 +0100 > Robin Jarry <rja...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > Both checkpatches.sh and get-maintainer.sh require scripts that come > > from the linux sources. And they require DPDK_*_PATH variables to be set > > to point at these scripts locally. For new contributors this can be > > tedious since they will have to clone the whole linux sources just to > > have simple perl scripts. > > > > Update checkpatches.sh and get-maintainer.sh to have them download the > > upstream scripts if they are not found locally. Store the downloaded > > scripts in the .git/ folder so that they are found for future runs. > > > > If either DPDK_CHECKPATCH_PATH or DPDK_GETMAINTAINER_PATH are set, they > > will be used in priority. > > > > Signed-off-by: Robin Jarry <rja...@redhat.com> > > This makes live easier for new contributors. > Not sure if is the best way to autodownload, or where to put the scripts > but something is better than the current way. > > Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>
I would prefer we host our own fork of checkpatch.pl. There are too many irrelevant checks that we should drop.
