Re: checkpatch: See if modified files are marked obsolete in MAINTAINERS

[Julia Lawall]

On Tue, 23 Aug 2016, SF Markus Elfring wrote:

> > Use get_maintainer to check the status of individual files.
> > If "obsolete", suggest leaving the files alone.
>
> Will another software system like the "kbuild test robot"
> need any more fine-tuning for this change?

It only works on files in which there have been commits, thus by
definition not obsolete.

julia


>
> Regards,
> Markus
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