Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:29:23 -0700 | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Subject | Re: [Ksummit-2010-discuss] [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add U: for URL of todo list, add RCU todo list |
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On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:25:33 -0500 James Bottomley wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 09:14 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 08:51:44AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > > On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 08:45 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > > > Since T: and L: are already taken, add U: for URL of todo list. > > > > Also add the RCU todo list to both the RCU and RCUTORTURE projects. > > > > > > Hi Paul > > > > > > I think W: already works perfectly well for this use. > > > > > > >From MAINTAINERS: > > > W: Web-page with status/info > > > > > > > @@ -4801,6 +4802,7 @@ M: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> > > > > M: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > > > S: Supported > > > > T: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-2.6-rcu.git > > > > +U: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/paulmck/rcutodo.html > > > > > > W: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/paulmck/rcutodo.html > > > > > > > F: Documentation/RCU/torture.txt > > > > F: kernel/rcutorture.c > > > > > > > > @@ -4826,6 +4828,7 @@ M: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > > > W: http://www.rdrop.com/users/paulmck/rclock/ > > > > S: Supported > > > > T: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-2.6-rcu.git > > > > +U: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/paulmck/rcutodo.html > > > > > > W: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/paulmck/rcutodo.html > > > > OK, how about the following, then? > > Got to say I really think overloading W which means web page/status > information isn't a very good idea: > > jejb@mulgrave:~/git/linux-2.6> grep -w 'W:' MAINTAINERS |wc -l > 371 > > We already have ~400 of them ... how's anyone looking for a todo list > going to find the right one in amongst all the others (assuming a newbie > with no subject predisposition simply trying to find any todo list).
Did you have an alternate suggestion?
Do you prefer a Grand Unified Todo List?
I don't mind the kernelnewbies list/location, but we need to give it some TLC.
--- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***
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