On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Erez Zadok wrote: > > > > Documentation/CodingStyle | 88 > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > > I'm not very happy with this. > > "CodingStyle" should be about the big issues, not about details. > Yes, we've messed that up over the years, but let's not continue > that. > > In other words, I'd suggest *removing* lines from CodingStyle, not > adding them. The file has already gone from a "good general > principles" to "lots of stupid details". Let's not make it worse.
here's a radical idea -- what about splitting the content across two documents? you know ... perhaps "coding style aesthetics" versus "coding distinctions" or something like that. oh, wait ... http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/1/18 :-) rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ======================================================================== - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/