On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 02:34:38PM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 08:34:58 -0200
> Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
>
> > The main difference between a "pointer file" and a symlink is that the
> > first indicates a temporary solution, teaching people that the
> > file got renamed
(adding Greg KH as I doubt he ever saw the original)
On Tue, 2017-02-14 at 14:34 -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 08:34:58 -0200
> Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
>
> > The main difference between a "pointer file" and a symlink is that the
> > first indicates a temporary solution
On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 08:34:58 -0200
Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> The main difference between a "pointer file" and a symlink is that the
> first indicates a temporary solution, teaching people that the
> file got renamed and were it is located now. As such, we can remove
> those "pointer files" o
Hi Mauro,
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab
wrote:
> Em Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:44:54 +0100
> Geert Uytterhoeven escreveu:
>> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab
>> wrote:
>> > Em Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:03:24 -0800
>> > Joe Perches escreveu:
>> >> On Fri, 2017-
Em Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:44:54 +0100
Geert Uytterhoeven escreveu:
> Hi Mauro,
>
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab
> wrote:
> > Em Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:03:24 -0800
> > Joe Perches escreveu:
> >> On Fri, 2017-01-13 at 12:41 -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> >> > On Tue, 10
On Mon, 2017-01-23 at 11:44 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> When will/can we get rid of them?
> Old (doh) kernels, and new versions of stable kernels will keep on having
> them for the next +10 years.
>
> To me, these[*] filenames are more like a user-visible API, which should
> not be changed
Hi Mauro,
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab
wrote:
> Em Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:03:24 -0800
> Joe Perches escreveu:
>> On Fri, 2017-01-13 at 12:41 -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>> > On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:09:51 -0800
>> > Joe Perches wrote:
>> >
>> > > Make these files symlink
Hi,
Em Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:03:24 -0800
Joe Perches escreveu:
> On Fri, 2017-01-13 at 12:41 -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> > On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:09:51 -0800
Sorry to not reply earlier... just returned today from vacations.
> > Joe Perches wrote:
> >
> > > Make these files symlinks to th
On Fri, 2017-01-13 at 12:41 -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:09:51 -0800
> Joe Perches wrote:
>
> > Make these files symlinks to the .rst equivalents
>
> So I am not necessarily opposed to doing this, but the changelog lacks
> one important thing: why do we need to make tha
On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:09:51 -0800
Joe Perches wrote:
> Make these files symlinks to the .rst equivalents
So I am not necessarily opposed to doing this, but the changelog lacks
one important thing: why do we need to make that change? Have the
existing one-liner files been a problem somehow?
Th
On Wed, 11 Jan 2017, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-01-11 at 10:54 +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2017, Joe Perches wrote:
>> > Make these files symlinks to the .rst equivalents
>>
>> If we're going to do this (and I really don't mind either way), then
>> please add
>>
>> Fixes:
On Wed, 2017-01-11 at 10:54 +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2017, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Make these files symlinks to the .rst equivalents
>
> If we're going to do this (and I really don't mind either way), then
> please add
>
> Fixes: 08a9a8d44c1c ("doc: re-add CodingStyle and Submit
On Wed, 11 Jan 2017, Joe Perches wrote:
> Make these files symlinks to the .rst equivalents
If we're going to do this (and I really don't mind either way), then
please add
Fixes: 08a9a8d44c1c ("doc: re-add CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches")
and queue to v4.10-rc.
BR,
Jani.
>
> Signed-off-by:
Make these files symlinks to the .rst equivalents
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches
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Documentation/CodingStyle | 2 +-
Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
mode change 100644 => 12 Documentation/CodingStyle
mode change 100644 => 12
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