From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:47170 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755745Ab0JHOHZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Oct 2010 10:07:25 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 06:46:54 -0700 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/33] Staging: Fixed to -y Message-ID: <20101008134654.GA6600@kroah.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: matt mooney Cc: T Dent , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, sam@ravnborg.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 12:16:35AM -0700, matt mooney wrote: > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 6:35 PM, T Dent wrote: > > I patch against the next-20101006 tree. > > > > The patch series replace use of -objs with -y in the > > staging directory. > > Commit messages are written in the present tense. You happen to be > using two different tenses within the commit message, which is truly > odd. And why did you not split apart those atrocious statements with > the infinite column width? As Dan said, we understand what is happening here, and we do not have grammer police for changelog comments, thank goodness. > This patch series adds little benefit. As Sam has suggested, a more > general cleanup would be a better goal, and staging is an area that > needs extra attention some of which has already been pointed out in > other emails. But these patches are all good to have, so I will be applying them, please don't think they are unwanted at all. thanks, greg k-h