April 14, 2014
12:04 a.m.
On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
In general use checkpatch.pl on code you are submitting or around code you are already patching.
But I see patches that do more than one thing get turned down every day.
Sending in standalone coding style patches 9 times in 10 will result in a rejected patch.
Why would 9/10 coding style patches be rejected simply for being standalone? I thought standalone patches were preferred. -- Greg Donald