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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>, Randy Dunlap
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/get_abi.pl: ignore some temp files
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Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> writes:

> Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com> writes:
>
>> On Wed, 03 Jan 2024, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> wrote:
>>> It would have been nice to create all of those files with a .abi
>>> extension so we didn't have to do this kind of blocklisting, but so be
>>> it.
>>
>> Alternatively, we could switch to yaml instead of using another homebrew
>> format with another homebrew parser, and rename them .yaml.
>
> But ... we didn't invent that! :)
>
> That is, of course, a better idea.  It would be a good project for
> somebody.

Thinking about this a bit further ... is there anything other than
get_abi.pl that parses these files?  If so, that would, of course,
complicate a switch to YAML.

If not, though ... and if we're changing the format ... maybe we should
just turn them into RST and do away with the extra processing step
entirely?

jon