From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754013Ab0CXWeU (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:34:20 -0400 Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:33095 "EHLO out2.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751679Ab0CXWeT (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:34:19 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: w0QY2R/37J+Hbij7/tAQrOkpDw+jSPhvXnC3hfzLMqgU 1269470058 Message-ID: <4BAA92B3.5060808@imap.cc> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:31:15 +0100 From: Tilman Schmidt User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; de; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100228 SUSE/3.0.3-1.1.1 Thunderbird/3.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andi Kleen CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, apw@canonical.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add check for too short Kconfig descriptions References: <20100320023216.GA917@basil.fritz.box> <4BA4CE32.1020207@imap.cc> <20100320140710.GS20695@one.firstfloor.org> <4BA504DD.2060107@imap.cc> <20100320180336.GT20695@one.firstfloor.org> <4BAA0598.9000906@imap.cc> <20100324133939.GF20695@one.firstfloor.org> In-Reply-To: <20100324133939.GF20695@one.firstfloor.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigDB5A480DC862D962F5DC23AA" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigDB5A480DC862D962F5DC23AA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am 24.03.2010 14:39 schrieb Andi Kleen: >> - -+ WARN("please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol= fully\n" . $herecurr) if ($length < 4); >> ++ WARN("Less than four lines of help text -- consider adding more d= etail\n" . $herecurr) if ($length < 4); >=20 > I don't want to give the number, because that just tempts people > to "game" the rule. Ideally they should just use as many lines > as needed, not just four. You're working against people instead of with them. IMHO that is never a good idea. --=20 Tilman Schmidt E-Mail: tilman@imap.cc Bonn, Germany Diese Nachricht besteht zu 100% aus wiederverwerteten Bits. Unge=F6ffnet mindestens haltbar bis: (siehe R=FCckseite) --------------enigDB5A480DC862D962F5DC23AA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuqkr4ACgkQQ3+did9BuFsj1QCfaRLobhkmAy5kPMhwIOQhj+kM 4EQAnRJeex+AUdg/Qxr0t7MiF84IPRO6 =PS1C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigDB5A480DC862D962F5DC23AA--