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SubjectRe: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Remove --file option
On 07/17/2014 08:34 AM, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> checkpatch.pl is a nice tool to find issues in patches.
> Sadly this tool gets more and more abused by various people to create
> style cleanups for source files within the kernel.
> In order to deal with that bad habit let's remove the --file option
> and bring checkpatch.pl back to its original purpose.
>

I have a number of problems with this patch.

First, 'abuse' is a relative term. It describes a use you
(and possibly many others) may find objectionable, but that
does not mean all uses are objectionable.

Second, just because something is abused doesn't mean it would be
a good idea to take it away. Many of the amendmends to the US
Constitution can be abused. Should freedom of speech be taken away
because it can be abused ? I hope not. Many drugs can be abused.
Should they be taken away ? I hope not. And so on.

Using your argument, you can take away anything that can be abused,
which is pretty much everything. Not a good idea.

Guenter



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