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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 20:38:19 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Mark some staging directories as "Obsolete"
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On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 11:33:56AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> Several staging directories have TODO files that indicate a
> subsystem will be removed in the future.
> 
> Using a status entry of "S:	Obsolete" helps indicate the
> subsystem files should not be modified unnecessarily.
> 
> checkpatch also tests this setting and emits a warning that
> the matching subsystem files should not be modified.
> 
> This might help avoid receiving patches that will be dropped.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>

Ah nice, I didn't know about this, I'll go queue this up, thanks.

greg k-h