Re: [PATCH 1/9] CodingStyle: make Documentation/CodingStyle into symlink

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 07:08:53PM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> On Sat, May 10, 2025 at 04:05:29AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> > Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> writes:
> > 
> > > Every time I open Documentation/CodingStyle it says the party moved
> > > somewhere else. :-(
> > >
> > > Of course, I forget where it moved to by the next time.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > 
> > No 0/9 cover letter?
> 
> Not really. Cover letter would be very short:
> 
> 	Tweak coding style to add things I've learned over the years of
> 	Linux/C programming.
> 
> 	And stop making kernel devs look like aliens from another Universe
> 	(see static_assert() rule and especially(!) "declare ALAP" rule)

Both of those are not valid reasons to change coding style, sorry.
Again, learn about _why_ we have one, don't get bogged down in the
details of _what_ it is.

sorry,

greg k-h