Re: [PATCH 0034/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

[Jiri Kosina]

On Tue, 2 Aug 2016, Radim Krčmář wrote:

> Btw. the posting could be improved with a cover letter that would link 
> all patches to it; the series will be easier to handle in mail clients 
> and there will be a clear place for common discussion about the 
> patchset.  Optionally merge related patches; one patch per subsystem 
> would be ideal.

If this should be done at all (which I don't think so, the octal 
representation looks actually much more straightforward than the cryptic 
macros), it should be scripted (preferably in coccinelle) and sent out as 
a script to run on the whole tree at higher maintainer levels.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs