From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E27C221B9E7; Thu, 18 Sep 2025 19:33:55 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1758224037; cv=none; b=oeFZ9GTEVuLb+eV3PCOw2qf6XAq4+j4Wh5/GOfXy1GgBqHGT+yGOaUuRr6ohDMpNtveeuAL9sUTx/ZadUQuQdTS8Rb6uU4sAnt7jng6a7X8Sp+QLlOQatybx0GQ1iHANODpk0SEh97gBmdK3gsnstnKP8Ft9wqfsige/W6p+Z/c= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1758224037; c=relaxed/simple; bh=0xjo9fkK7DpmsHAXVDsYVKEngdRGenWIYBnyikRtFTg=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=HT2tPjm4AMQYh/8dZFS6i/FGVxM7U9h/uks5RFYVvT59SsoS2tD/FyiS6BOZ1QnN9VOsHqYVKzIGrrdaKyOdUDIQxigyI10vpPRtoJ6jsVDX7oySnfjuTLuYUlqe9msqhlHe5FQ0bkv4YofLyrXxPAVzRvNyHW8iTFp3MbUhGeM= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=e221ZQ3l; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="e221ZQ3l" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net B5841406FA DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1758224034; bh=tRDeUu42jMKESLNYB4KBds+rjvAyh449yxaAl0t+RjE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=e221ZQ3lzNRUqH+3QWOtnp2URBiMHuqI0vXtEtk2Rmz63ZjDOLwcb0G94JeePj9i9 ytqM8fMEN2pWbBjqDJU2QoQewyKrrlTQHgJOL6rBZnoC/immpcO8WHkWAWxSgCNa8A juQ9+vP7l65Jic99kYEPiXRItn786FXJhoIJqHJmTNLn93hjsjAZJvbl9iBAIaZDUS UnDLiLASE8zIUJZAjc543TEPuXn1PdcsqRvJh+Pklf4ugRriBn4pTEBbA/UKsjJh0q zyv2r77pMOiws+jEjAvPZYWd0uPk3Zc0CzmifxzTJ0G9ff0N6SLUom54fIvhmpfC2W R/2KtX2DfdhKQ== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:4600:2da9::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B5841406FA; Thu, 18 Sep 2025 19:33:54 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Cc: Linux Doc Mailing List , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Akira Yokosawa Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 00/24] Split sphinx call logic from docs Makefile In-Reply-To: <20250918212304.0efa2847@foz.lan> References: <87ldmb7iuo.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> <20250918212304.0efa2847@foz.lan> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:33:53 -0600 Message-ID: <878qib7dy6.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Mauro Carvalho Chehab writes: >> I haven't >> had the time to figure it out. > > I don't remember anymore what "subproject" really means inside > ".. only::", block, but I guess it is meant to be used when one > passes SPHINXDIRS. I found myself in a similar position... it is set in Documentation/sphinx/load_config.py, it seems a certain Mauro added that in 2019 :) Since then, it has seemingly been cargo-culted all over the place; I wonder if we really need it. jo