From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_2 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A43FC34047 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:29:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 205392465D for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:29:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726270AbgBSJ36 (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Feb 2020 04:29:58 -0500 Received: from ms.lwn.net ([45.79.88.28]:33288 "EHLO ms.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726195AbgBSJ36 (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Feb 2020 04:29:58 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1D6092DC; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:29:56 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 02:29:51 -0700 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Jani Nikula Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Linux Doc Mailing List Subject: Re: "staging" area for unsorted random files under Documentation/*.rst Message-ID: <20200219022951.6127e48b@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <87v9o4ulnd.fsf@intel.com> References: <20200218113219.7b7cc460@kernel.org> <87v9o4ulnd.fsf@intel.com> Organization: LWN.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.4 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 14:26:14 +0200 Jani Nikula wrote: > On Tue, 18 Feb 2020, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > > Shifting those around is not easy (I tried a few times), as some discussions > > are required in order to get them at their rightful places. > > > > So, my current proposal is to just rename them to *.rst, keeping them > > where they are, and adding them into an "staging" area at the main > > index.rst. See the enclosed patch. > > The obligatory bikeshedding comment, how about adding an actual > "staging" directory under Documentation, perhaps with an index.rst of > its own? I kind of agree, actually. If we absolutely must create a trashpile of random documents, the top-level directory seems like the worst place for it. Let's hide our shame rather than rubbing everybody's nose in it. > Personally I don't really mind having .txt files around either, just > *not* at the top level Documentation directory. In general, RST conversion is not my highest priority at this point. There is only so much value in creating a more nicely formatted version of an unorganized heap of obsolete documentation. Hopefully we get get a bit more focus on quality once this is all behind us... Thanks, jon