[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] Blackfin: dnp5370: new board port

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>]

Dear Mike Frysinger,

In message <201012191130.56370.vapier@gentoo.org> you wrote:
> 
> > If you don't want to help to clean up (which I can live with), then
> > please at least do not add to the mess.
> 
> i'm saying that if the list cant be sorted, then there isnt a mess and there 
> isnt anything to "clean up"

The list can be sorted. Within each section it should be sorted by
last name of the maintainers.

> > > > NAK.  We do not allow this.
> > > 
> > > i dont see why.  these are *default* settings.  there is nothing here
> > > that prevents people in their own board from overriding at runtime and
> > > saving the result into their environment.  where as having default
> > > settings often makes new builds/tests a lot smoother.
> > 
> > It's still NAK.
>
> so the logic here is "because i said so"

This has been discussed several times in the past, and somebody who
has been around as long as you should either remember these arguments
or be able to look them up in the archives. In short: defaults that
may be good for you are most probably bad for (m)any other users of
the board. Instead of spreading such bad defaults we default to not
setting any.

You may call it "policy", if this helps you to accept that.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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