Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:00:58 -0700 | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: [Ksummit-2010-discuss] [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add U: for URL of todo list, add RCU todo list |
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On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 06:42:55PM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote: > 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. > >
TODO might disappear without implementation, if you decide that the idea wasn't a good one after all.
> > 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. >
Yep, I do not want to be restricted to updating TODO during merge window only as the changes to the list are not likely to count as bugfixes ;)
-- Dmitry
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