Re: gentle reminder

[Stephen Rothwell]

On Wed, 7 May 2008 13:21:03 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When adding
> 
> - new Makefile entries
> - new Kconfig entries
> - new #includes
> - new Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt records
> - etc
> 
> you usually don't *have* to place your new entry right at the end of the
> list.  Doing this maximises the probability of causing collisions with
> other people's work.
> 
> So, to make life simpler for those who integrate your work, please consider
> putting these entries somewhere other than where-everyone-else-puts-theirs.
> 
> You may even find that right-at-the-end wasn't the most appropriate place
> anyway.  But random insertion works well too.

Strongly seconded ....

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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