On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:40:13 -0400 Mark Lord wrote:
> Erez Zadok wrote:
> > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Linus Torvalds writes:
> >>
> >> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, Erez Zadok wrote:
> >>> Would you prefer if CodingStyle was reorganized or even split into (1)
> >>> general principles and (2) details?
On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 11:29:33PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:00:01 PDT, Linus Torvalds said:
> > On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > I think there needs to be a "sense of fairness" attached here -
> > > CodingStyle
> > > should cover all the stuff mai
Erez Zadok wrote:
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Linus Torvalds writes:
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, Erez Zadok wrote:
Would you prefer if CodingStyle was reorganized or even split into (1)
general principles and (2) details? Perhaps we need a CodingStylePrinciples
and a CodingStyleDetails?
I'm cer
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Linus Torvalds writes:
>
>
> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, Erez Zadok wrote:
> >
> > Would you prefer if CodingStyle was reorganized or even split into (1)
> > general principles and (2) details? Perhaps we need a CodingStylePrinciples
> > and a CodingStyleDetails?
>
> I
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:27:24 BST, Al Viro said:
> ... and no matter how many rules you put down, it's still possible to
> write a code that will be awful stylistically while adhering to all of
> them. Religiously.
I've run into those sort of programmers. Unfortunately, there's no real
cure for
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> I kind of meant the *maintainers* couldn't whine about things not in
> CodingStyle ;)
No, I understood you.
I'm personally of the opinion that the automated style checking, and
having detailed rules is always a mistake.
It's *much* better t
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:00:01 PDT, Linus Torvalds said:
> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I think there needs to be a "sense of fairness" attached here - CodingStyle
> > should cover all the stuff maintainers/reviewers are allowed to whinge
> > about.
>
> No.
>
> People whine to
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Theodore Tso writes:
> On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 03:56:38PM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> > It'd be a start just to revert CodingStyle to its original content and
> > move the rest to CodingStyleReference. But someone would want to skim
> > through the CodingStyle h
On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 10:24:01PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:18:05 PDT, Linus Torvalds said:
>
> > "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'
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I think there needs to be a "sense of fairness" attached here - CodingStyle
> should cover all the stuff maintainers/reviewers are allowed to whinge about.
No.
People whine too much as is. Don't give them *license* to do so.
Li
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:18:05 PDT, Linus Torvalds said:
> "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 a
On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 03:56:38PM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> It'd be a start just to revert CodingStyle to its original content and
> move the rest to CodingStyleReference. But someone would want to skim
> through the CodingStyle history for any legimate corrections that we
> want to keep.
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, Erez Zadok wrote:
>
> Would you prefer if CodingStyle was reorganized or even split into (1)
> general principles and (2) details? Perhaps we need a CodingStylePrinciples
> and a CodingStyleDetails?
I'm certainly ok with the split into two files.
What I'm not ok with is r
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Linus Torvalds writes:
>
>
> 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 detail
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
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:56:38 -0400 J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 11:18:05AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > 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 conti
On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 11:18:05AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 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 Codi
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.
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