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Subject: [Ksummit-discuss] [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Driver and/or module versions
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There is a steady flow of patches which bump driver and module versions.

The differences in views add [1] an email burden, which can be easily avoided
by adding policy into CodingStyle guide.

As an example of such patches: "Succeeded" [2] vs. "Failed" [3].

I think that maintainers summit with major code "pushers" is the right venue
to get the answers on the following questions:
 * Can we come with unified policy about those patches?
 * Can we remove them? If yes, is it possible to replace MODULE_VERSION in all patches to point to kernel version?
 * Does such change fail under category "UAPI changes and we can't change" or not?

Thanks

[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9735855/
[2] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/779864/
[3] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/7490321/

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