Re: Moratorium on coding style patches (was Re: [PATCH] include/linux/kernel.h: fixed coding style issues)

Joe Perches
2016-12-15T17:03:46Z

(Adding Greg KH)

On Thu, 2016-12-15 at 11:54 +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> writes:
>
> > On Wed, 2016-12-14 at 18:13 +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> > > Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> writes:
> > > > I call for a tree wide moratorium on pure coding style changes.
> >
> > []
> > > I'd relax this slightly and say don't do style
> > > patches unless as a prelude to some real work.
> >
> > And exclude drivers/staging
>
> I wouldn't mind seeing staging deleted. What makes those drivers so
> special that they deserve to be included in the main tree without
> meeting even the most basic of standards normally required?

People actually use them. (well, some of them)