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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: "Ted Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: allow single space before labels
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:58:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1287413933.29097.1608.camel@twins> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101018145400.GD4120@thunk.org>

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 10:54 -0400, Ted Ts'o wrote:
> Note that there is absolutely nothing about how labels should be
> indented in CodingStyle at all, and I very much resist code
> straightjackets being imposed by checkpatch.pl implementors.
> 
> Can we please stop this nonsense? 

1) ignoring checkpatch over taste is good
2) by 1) its impossible to get checkpatch right
3) therefore pure checkpatch patches are nonsense

So can we agree that checkpatch is ok in its current form, and we should
simply administer physical violence towards checkpatch wankers?

PS. I frequently practise 2).
PPS. I find your preferred label indenting truly hideous.


  reply	other threads:[~2010-10-18 14:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-17  8:05 [PATCH] checkpatch: allow single space before labels Mike Frysinger
2010-10-17  8:21 ` Joe Perches
2010-10-17  8:24   ` Mike Frysinger
2010-10-17 10:21     ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-10-17 10:30       ` Mike Frysinger
2010-10-17 10:37         ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-10-17 10:52           ` Mike Frysinger
2010-10-17 16:54       ` Joe Perches
2010-10-17 19:30         ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-10-17 19:38           ` Joe Perches
2010-10-17 19:49             ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-10-17 19:49           ` Mike Frysinger
2010-10-17 20:01             ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-10-17 20:26               ` Mike Frysinger
2010-10-18 14:39                 ` Ted Ts'o
2010-10-18 14:54                   ` Ted Ts'o
2010-10-18 14:58                     ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2010-10-18 15:03                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-10-18 18:21                       ` Mike Frysinger
2010-10-18 18:32                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-10-18 19:09                           ` Joe Perches
2010-10-17 10:20 ` Peter Zijlstra

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