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

From: Greg KH <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 20:38:19 +0100

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 <[email-masked]>

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

greg k-h