Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:42:55 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jiri Kosina <> | 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, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> I have to say that I'm not yet convinced that keeping a todo list in a > place that's not with the actual source code does not give me warm fuzzy > feelings. Every time we've kept information about the source code > separate from our source code it's been a failure; it gets out of sync > fast and it just adds to the maintenance. > > A git commit that both fixes an issue and removed the line from the todo > file (or moves it to a "done" section, whatever) is the ultimate goal > obviously... having a U: seems to go in exactly the opposite direction. > > otoh having a kernel-doc type (eg structured, parsable) way of > gathering todo items throughout the tree.... that I can see as useful.
I still feel that if maintainer is willing to keep TODO list on web for whatever reason (hyperlinks, nice tables, images, whatever), then he should be free to do so.
The U: (or whatever) tag in MAINTAINERS file still could point to file in the actual sources, in cases maintainer choses to have the list there, of course.
-- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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