Re: [PATCH] docs: Make CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches symlinks

2017-02-14 Thread Joe Perches
(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

Re: [PATCH] docs: Make CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches symlinks

2017-02-14 Thread Jonathan Corbet
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

Re: [PATCH] docs: Make CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches symlinks

2017-01-23 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
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,

Re: [PATCH] docs: Make CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches symlinks

2017-01-23 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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,

Re: [PATCH] docs: Make CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches symlinks

2017-01-23 Thread Joe Perches
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

Re: [PATCH] docs: Make CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches symlinks

2017-01-23 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
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

Re: [PATCH] docs: Make CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches symlinks

2017-01-23 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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: > >

Re: [PATCH] docs: Make CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches symlinks

2017-01-13 Thread Joe Perches
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

Re: [PATCH] docs: Make CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches symlinks

2017-01-13 Thread Jonathan Corbet
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

Re: [PATCH] docs: Make CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches symlinks

2017-01-11 Thread Jani Nikula
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

Re: [PATCH] docs: Make CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches symlinks

2017-01-11 Thread Joe Perches
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

Re: [PATCH] docs: Make CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches symlinks

2017-01-11 Thread Jani Nikula
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.

[PATCH] docs: Make CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches symlinks

2017-01-10 Thread Joe Perches
Make these files symlinks to the .rst equivalents Signed-off-by: Joe Perches --- Documentation/CodingStyle | 2 +- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) mode change 100644 => 12 Documentation/CodingStyle mode