Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: allow single space before labels

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Oct 18 2010 - 10:59:17 EST


On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 10:54 -0400, Ted Ts'o wrote:
> Note that there is absolutely nothing about how labels should be
> indented in CodingStyle at all, and I very much resist code
> straightjackets being imposed by checkpatch.pl implementors.
>
> Can we please stop this nonsense?

1) ignoring checkpatch over taste is good
2) by 1) its impossible to get checkpatch right
3) therefore pure checkpatch patches are nonsense

So can we agree that checkpatch is ok in its current form, and we should
simply administer physical violence towards checkpatch wankers?

PS. I frequently practise 2).
PPS. I find your preferred label indenting truly hideous.

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