Re: [PATCH 00/33] Staging: Fixed <module-objs> to <module>-y

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 11:09:11AM -0700, matt mooney wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 12:16:35AM -0700, matt mooney wrote:
> >> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 6:35 PM, T Dent <tdent48227@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I patch against the next-20101006 tree.
> >> >
> >> > The patch series replace use of <module>-objs with <module>-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.
> >
> 
> This is good to know. I wonder how well received these changes will be
> in other parts of the kernel though.

It depends on the subsystem maintainer.

good luck,

greg k-h