From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S937157AbYEUTzl (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 15:55:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1765571AbYEUTzU (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 15:55:20 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:56626 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1764003AbYEUTzS (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 15:55:18 -0400 Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 12:54:49 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Cyrill Gorcunov Cc: rdunlap@xenotime.net, tytso@mit.edu, hch@infradead.org, viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net Subject: Re: CFD: linux-wanking@vger.kernel.org (was [PATCH] Standard indentation of arguments) Message-Id: <20080521125449.344a445d.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20080521194522.GA13916@cvg> References: <12113495282137-git-send-email-kongjianjun@gmail.com> <20080521083413.GM28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20080521015037.add0b78e.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080521103206.GA24545@infradead.org> <20080521120939.GF8581@mit.edu> <20080521104644.5b6f4e63.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080521185725.GD6932@cvg> <20080521123355.b34f07ad.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <20080521194522.GA13916@cvg> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 21 May 2008 23:45:22 +0400 Cyrill Gorcunov wrote: > Anrew, Randy, you just wrote KernelNewbiesGuide I think ;) There are > lot of internet sites which could help with what-to-do, and linux-mm.org > and kernel.bugzilla.org and more BUT what I've tried to say is that we > really have such document inside kernel tree (it could be really short) > like: > > Which patches are not good for sending to LKML > ---------------------------------------------- > > - Plain whitespace cleanup > > Some rules just *known* only if you have an experience in LKML mailing > but if someone is sending _first_ patch he ever made he just doesn't know > that. That is all. So we need not a link to some inet resource BUT written > in file inside of kernel tree. But that is just my (personal) opinion. Yes, a general GettingStarted document would probably be useful. It would hopefully have more what-to-do content than what-not-to-do.