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=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, 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 C2C81C4CECA for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:33:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org (mail.linuxfoundation.org [140.211.169.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93B3E20640 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:33:08 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="q4dk0Lhs" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 93B3E20640 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=ksummit-discuss-bounces@lists.linuxfoundation.org Received: from mail.linux-foundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 072DCE81; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:33:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA1BDE3D for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:33:06 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail-yw1-f67.google.com (mail-yw1-f67.google.com [209.85.161.67]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5B6ED7D2 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:33:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yw1-f67.google.com with SMTP id e205so7660395ywc.7 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:33:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=u15qLOoIkxp7cEiegHHFsMr736/3RxJj/WpvpjNuB/w=; b=q4dk0LhsoDsIEBV4EyhB9244sene9/mxhEF+KQV4YKoKPHE7SK7jkZFRbWgUQxR1fB yOE/YcUNteeeI3lU1PU9VBugQ+9OUWfGYuD++yg30ZEG4nGnzy5YgkSDAuryxrvfGslY m/m4CPUYI/Z5PdoIMxNaDoNyKIEX2zHa7aIf4Yrl7kJGDVDRHoGkujUbm4Q9yjFfh4RG FTsL8M2++sRCEMxWENJkGzYqQZywmdwLrDmLkkQZxRgyhGoBw7L6gjDcqrnPTHGdeJJL Lc6uQCZg8/11s0MbsSl1Kry0emON3LcNoRIzhfrf2BX0LNuU5YWF7MvHjZoU63S0X9jD xdTw== 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=u15qLOoIkxp7cEiegHHFsMr736/3RxJj/WpvpjNuB/w=; b=W11MHwa2qX5h35uH5oGjSVO5c+oPxISkTYoSAguyU2FG61t1CUDnFwTEQMmsZBU+xo 05WwEnxsRfpjPeVI5hkNzI7ZAIsd27BOVLFfgxiOvGUPcZq1Ib9RxRMGtf3WzyN9XNE5 aU6V419jzKQjY/lVhH1r2TtWXV5udF9tTy3W6XdROaYCKIdICQdDI9WftidHjp4ZPmtH Q8eV2waDr+6zXBTIk/r+odg9dToc2v5xaqg1n9y5N4EBKnNi6UNCIDbdzaz4rSm3U/aT tKSnBpKUM1prFNMLp1BnS+q5S1uncvd7LKJlgQKD95E6O6aAh/wzSofIADJ9GYB8oR1y 9kfA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUxVGelZL1R5zr8WEcyp+2LClEchmZ7skJLidYR25c/6tqznw21 cfw+DERFTJBqkKlxOLkocYOBPWBXZQUDSJF2ug== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzl9Gmz00Dm5vFdc8rEO+frJ4ZNkwLJ1YEPQUO83/7IjTjFzgLFJ+QiOPrUAgRD1X21OU3A4ibVOH9g531GgIE= X-Received: by 2002:a81:9182:: with SMTP id i124mr31070145ywg.279.1568403185288; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:33:05 -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: Rob Herring Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 14:32:53 -0500 Message-ID: To: Joe Perches Cc: Dave Jiang , ksummit , linux-nvdimm , Vishal Verma , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , bpf@vger.kernel.org, Dan Carpenter Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v2 3/3] libnvdimm, MAINTAINERS: Maintainer Entry Profile X-BeenThere: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: ksummit-discuss-bounces@lists.linuxfoundation.org Errors-To: ksummit-discuss-bounces@lists.linuxfoundation.org On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 11:42 AM Joe Perches wrote: > > On Fri, 2019-09-13 at 16:46 +0100, Rob Herring wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 4:00 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 > > > > +1 > > > > Better make this a regex to deal with (net|net-next). > > > > We could probably script populating MAINTAINERS with this using how it > > is done manually: git log --oneline > > I made a similar proposal nearly a decade ago to add a grammar > to MAINTAINERS sections for patch subject prefixes. > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1289919077.28741.50.camel@Joe-Laptop/ Perhaps there's more support for it now. I didn't get through all the thread, but the positions seemed to range from "who cares, subjects are easy to edit" to "seems like a good idea and doesn't hurt". I probably would have implemented something, but perl (tacking on to checkpatch and having you tell me everything wrong is about all I can do :)). Rob _______________________________________________ Ksummit-discuss mailing list Ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ksummit-discuss