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From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
To: Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>,
	Henry Bell <dmoo_dv@protonmail.com>,
	linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
	Emil Renner Berthing <kernel@esmil.dk>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>,
	Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
	Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RISC-V: add Star64 board devicetree
Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 14:41:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3aeb3813-9a82-4b1f-9dd6-5baad2d45f2e@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240525-shirt-scratch-6708b2a4f63b@spud>

>>> Don't worry about Markus, most maintainers (myself included) ignore his
>>> comments on patches. The commit message here is fine.
>>
>> Would such a response mean also that you are occasionally ignoring requirements
>> from a referenced Linux development guideline?
>
> I do ignore it from time to time, yes. Being a stickler to the
> guidelines wastes everybody's time (just like this discussion).
> That said, the tense used in this patch is perfectly in-line with the
> guideline you reference.

Partly, yes.


> "Add Star64 board devicetree" is in the imperative

This information fits to the summary phrase.


> and the commit message body contains additional information about
> the board's configuration.

I hope that further contributors can follow the recommendation better
also for the imperative mood in changelogs.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.9#n94

Regards,
Markus

      reply	other threads:[~2024-05-25 12:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-23 19:06 [PATCH] RISC-V: add Star64 board devicetree H Bell
2024-05-23 20:27 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2024-05-25  9:37 ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-25 10:12   ` Henry Bell
2024-05-25 10:19     ` Conor Dooley
2024-05-25 12:11       ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-25 12:25         ` Conor Dooley
2024-05-25 12:41           ` Markus Elfring [this message]

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