Re: [Patch 1/2] Trace code and documentation (updated)

[David Wilder <dwilder@us.ibm.com>]

Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:20:18 +0100 Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 07:14:47AM -0700, David Wilder wrote:
> > > I agree with you; however, this is in the example code in the 
> > > Documentation directory,  It is not part of the trace code.  The example 
> > > was just meant to be a demonstration of how the interface works.
> > So we tell people to write bad code?  Wonderful..
> >
> > And while we're at it can we please stop the dumb idea to put example
> > code into Documentation?  If example code doesn't get build during a
> > make oldconfig it will bitrot real fast and not be useful at all.
>
>
> That's why they exmaples should not be hidden/embedded in .txt files;
> they should be standalone .c files with makefiles etc.
>
> I've built and corrected several of them, but they would be more
> likely to be kept up-to-date if they are more available in standalone
> files.
>
> and they can be taken out of Documentation/ whenever they go into
> util-linux-ng or elsewhere.  Let's get the order correct.
>
> ---
> ~Randy
IMHO keeping example code as standalone files under Documentation/* make 
it easy to build an play with.  I like it better than keeping it on some 
project website where it is even less likely to maintained.
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