From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-qt0-f196.google.com ([209.85.216.196]:51378 "EHLO mail-qt0-f196.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751234AbdKMMkx (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2017 07:40:53 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <20171112192142.525567667@linutronix.de> From: Charlemagne Lasse Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 13:40:52 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [1/7] Documentation: Add license-rules.rst to describe how to properly identify file licenses Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-xfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: List-Id: xfs To: Thomas Gleixner Cc: LKML , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Jonathan Corbet , Philippe Ombredanne , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Christoph Hellwig , Russell King , Rob Herring , Jonas Oberg , Joe Perches , linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, Kate Stewart , Carmen Bianca Bakker 2017-11-13 13:26 GMT+01:00 Thomas Gleixner : > On Mon, 13 Nov 2017, Charlemagne Lasse wrote: >> > +If a specific tool cannot handle the standard comment style, then the >> > +appropriate comment mechanism which the tool accepts shall be used. >> >> Most of the things sound good. But I really don't get the first-line >> thing and the C++ single line comments in C sources. > > That's been a decision from Linus and probably not going to change, even if > you argue in circles. I always thought that Linus is the person reponsible for unfriendly responses. But ok, when it is not wanted to discuss anything then please ignore me. Thanks, Charlemagne Lasse