Re: [PATCH] Don't use absolute paths for utilities

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 16:40 +0200, Seewer Philippe wrote:
> 
> David Dillow wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 16:03 +0200, Seewer Philippe wrote:
> >> diff --git a/dracut b/dracut
> > 
> > It would be good if your commit message mentioned why it is not a good
> > idea to use absolute paths, eg different distros put things in different
> > places, etc.
> 
> We've had the discussion about absolute paths and distros a few times, 
> so it should be obvious.

We have, on the list and in IRC, but newcomers to the project will only
have the commit log. Our commit text has often been of the same quality
as
	int i = 0; /* set i to zero */

and I'd like to see it improve. This isn't directed solely at you --
many of us are guilty, including myself.

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe initramfs" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

[Index of Archives]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux SCSI]

  Powered by Linux