Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 May 2008 22:06:55 +0200 | From | "Jesper Juhl" <> | Subject | Re: CFD: (was [PATCH] Standard indentation of arguments) |
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2008/5/21 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: > On Wed, 21 May 2008 23:45:22 +0400 > Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Anrew, Randy, you just wrote KernelNewbiesGuide I think ;) There are >> lot of internet sites which could help with what-to-do, and linux-mm.org >> and kernel.bugzilla.org and more BUT what I've tried to say is that we >> really have such document inside kernel tree (it could be really short) >> like: >> >> Which patches are not good for sending to LKML >> ---------------------------------------------- >> >> - Plain whitespace cleanup >> >> Some rules just *known* only if you have an experience in LKML mailing >> but if someone is sending _first_ patch he ever made he just doesn't know >> that. That is all. So we need not a link to some inet resource BUT written >> in file inside of kernel tree. But that is just my (personal) opinion. > > Yes, a general GettingStarted document would probably be useful. > It would hopefully have more what-to-do content than what-not-to-do.
I'm in the process of trying to write an initial draft of just such a document right now. I'll post it once I'm a bit more done (gimme an hour or two).
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