Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: See if modified files are marked obsolete in MAINTAINERS
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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: 2016-08-22 20:56:13
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On Mon, 2016-08-22 at 22:50 +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
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@@ -2289,6 +2299,10 @@ sub process {} if ($found_file) { + if (is_maintained_obsolete($realfile)) { + WARN("OBSOLETE", + "$realfile is marked as 'obsolete' in the MAINTAINERS hierarchy. No unnecessary modifications please.\n"); + }How do you think about to avoid a double negation in such a warning message? Would a wording like "… Only really necessary modifications please.\n" be more useful here?
No, probably not.