Re: [PATCH] scripts/checkpatch.pl: Only emit LONG_LINE for --strict

[Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 05:05:07PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-06-25 at 08:46 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > Regardless of the long-standing debate over line width, checkpatch
> > should not warn about it by default.
> 
> I'm not getting involved here.
> 
> I don't care much one way or another.
> 
> I did submit a patch where I ignored 80
> columns recently and I was told to try
> again by the maintainer.

I'm not asking you to get involved in the Great Line Length Debate;
that's why I didn't attempt to patch CodingStyle or similar.  However, I
think it makes sense for *checkpatch* to stop emitting this warning.

I'm hoping that Greg will chime in, as the maintainer of staging and the
recipient of a huge number of checkpatch-motivated patches.

- Josh Triplett