Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Mark some staging directories as "Obsolete"

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Jan 09 2018 - 14:38:22 EST


On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 11:33:56AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> Several staging directories have TODO files that indicate a
> subsystem will be removed in the future.
>
> Using a status entry of "S: Obsolete" helps indicate the
> subsystem files should not be modified unnecessarily.
>
> checkpatch also tests this setting and emits a warning that
> the matching subsystem files should not be modified.
>
> This might help avoid receiving patches that will be dropped.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Ah nice, I didn't know about this, I'll go queue this up, thanks.

greg k-h