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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...>
To: <Valdis.Kletnieks@...>
Cc: Erez Zadok <ezk@...>, <akpm@...>, <linux-kernel@...>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates
Date: Saturday, September 29, 2007 - 11:35 pm

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:

No, I understood you.

I'm personally of the opinion that the automated style checking, and 
having detailed rules is always a mistake. 

It's *much* better to teach people the big things. And the small things 
will vary from person to person _anyway_, so it's not like you can really 
document them.

		Linus
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[PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates, Erez Zadok, (Fri Sep 28, 5:31 pm)
Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates, Linus Torvalds, (Sat Sep 29, 2:18 pm)
Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates, , (Sat Sep 29, 10:24 pm)
Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates, Al Viro, (Sat Sep 29, 11:27 pm)
Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates, , (Sat Sep 29, 11:39 pm)
Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates, Linus Torvalds, (Sat Sep 29, 11:00 pm)
Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates, , (Sat Sep 29, 11:29 pm)
Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates, Theodore Tso, (Sun Sep 30, 1:57 pm)
Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates, Linus Torvalds, (Sat Sep 29, 11:35 pm)
Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates , Erez Zadok, (Sat Sep 29, 8:23 pm)
Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates , Linus Torvalds, (Sat Sep 29, 8:49 pm)
Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates , Erez Zadok, (Sun Sep 30, 12:01 am)
Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates, Mark Lord, (Sun Sep 30, 1:40 pm)
Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates, Randy Dunlap, (Sun Sep 30, 1:59 pm)
Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates, Robert P. J. Day, (Sat Sep 29, 5:56 pm)
Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates, J. Bruce Fields, (Sat Sep 29, 3:56 pm)
Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates, Theodore Tso, (Sat Sep 29, 10:06 pm)
Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates , Erez Zadok, (Sat Sep 29, 11:28 pm)
Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates, Randy Dunlap, (Sat Sep 29, 4:14 pm)
[PATCH 1/3] CodingStyle updates, Erez Zadok, (Fri Sep 28, 5:32 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/3] CodingStyle updates, Randy Dunlap, (Sat Sep 29, 2:01 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/3] CodingStyle updates, Sam Ravnborg, (Sat Sep 29, 2:29 pm)
[OT] kbuild syntax extension for ccflags and asflags (was: [..., Ingo Oeser, (Sat Sep 29, 4:21 pm)
Re: [OT] kbuild syntax extension for ccflags and asflags (wa..., Sam Ravnborg, (Sat Sep 29, 4:24 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/3] CodingStyle updates, Scott Preece, (Sat Sep 29, 11:59 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/3] CodingStyle updates, Shawn Bohrer, (Sat Sep 29, 10:43 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/3] CodingStyle updates, Randy Dunlap, (Fri Sep 28, 5:46 pm)
[PATCH 3/3] New script to check coding-style compliance on m..., Erez Zadok, (Fri Sep 28, 5:32 pm)
Re: [PATCH 3/3] New script to check coding-style compliance ..., Sam Ravnborg, (Sat Sep 29, 6:10 am)
[PATCH 2/3] Update usage string for checkpatch.pl, Erez Zadok, (Fri Sep 28, 5:32 pm)