From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mout-p-102.mailbox.org (mout-p-102.mailbox.org [80.241.56.152]) (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 A3169472F72; Fri, 4 Sep 2026 17:03:11 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=80.241.56.152 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1788541394; cv=none; b=JImVG6lcKbfbzW4I/+j2+tBKZo6ot5p+H1IOGinl721M15YGTWFCgAzIz6MP0+0I+FMeKMYuYWEC5t+apgdoI4AyTotkUSu4YGCl7credUkU8Rtx3CjPYRlorAech0G/uMCBr94vU75y3DmLk71iQPOtZoOdcNFDU+mwEzPxoYM= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1788541394; c=relaxed/simple; bh=ecK2wmAuZck7TyMU7udH9uLRTjXBYq7BHeTCuCIQLpU=; h=Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Cc:Date:In-Reply-To:References: Content-Type:MIME-Version; b=RvFcEkNDOTrpHnYjFVuXqmbkZryrg9MvdcCl4rR2qnpRM9dSAaC4Zrv7ljuStvGvonEEfVUeVnLQjoX3/aRaG4r1c3KMh7ePrBjqox0kY///o71E+IJ8Br01T94oWNmvDUaSp3Jq/WDhdjdjMo2dStYbyCBSgKHQB9Kpbgqh6EA= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=mailbox.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=mailbox.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=mailbox.org header.i=@mailbox.org header.b=bhotPMVd; arc=none smtp.client-ip=80.241.56.152 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=mailbox.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=mailbox.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=mailbox.org header.i=@mailbox.org header.b="bhotPMVd" Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org (smtp1.mailbox.org [10.196.197.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange x25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mout-p-102.mailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4hc2pZ3Y6qzKvyN; Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:03:02 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mailbox.org; s=mail20150812; t=1788541382; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=2bdiMxP0fkSWQuv353d3PCw4VyXVaYVxJwgR/0Ra358=; b=bhotPMVdCjL8jTLdwYiuKc1uhLsDGe9Hhly+guT2Wxb7v2RWN6pEl8uv51R5QmR6Yknpei xTU4Gf0omSEe5W4CjMbcbKby93Ci32d1/ZU/QOxdkwSPjfWPnW4CxKvbc8roxRe3BikdCt AEYCA8OMQQfIosr9jL/Cy9H5t8IzMoakiBTJ2/Uu1JbI48lFXS9TOCyNf+kVb7rDFGcgcj 3zvQBcJlmIFUsD3E+mgqqH01QnFTHWFpAAT5l2nb18cYn6SXNRz8XAKZyHimtJVfJQNixH l2E4q0+i0gH50jWdsofRy+7KBt4/dkAA0HzMWqsTe2t3dlVHTy9uslVKX/vo+A== Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] v2 Docs: changes.rst: introduce optional column From: Manuel Ebner To: Nicolas Schier Cc: Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan , Miguel Ojeda , Boqun Feng , Gary Guo , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= Roy Baron , Benno Lossin , Andreas Hindborg , Alice Ryhl , Trevor Gross , Danilo Krummrich , Daniel Almeida , Tamir Duberstein , Alexandre Courbot , Onur =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D6zkan?= , Nathan Chancellor , Nick Desaulniers , Bill Wendling , Justin Stitt , workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:02:52 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20260904-stirring-zircon-frog-ea6949@l-nschier-aarch64> References: <20260831151605.638172-2-manuelebnerli@mailbox.org> <20260831152523.638881-1-manuelebnerli@mailbox.org> <20260904-stirring-zircon-frog-ea6949@l-nschier-aarch64> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MBO-RS-META: 37xjqxrzxx17uwir6atstjf7jz7irh98 X-MBO-RS-ID: 59b361a7e629ce93864 On Fri, 2026-09-04 at 18:11 +0200, Nicolas Schier wrote: > On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 05:25:22PM +0200, Manuel Ebner wrote: > > The optional tag isn't obvious nor defined. Therefore replace with colu= mn. >=20 > Why do you throw away the 'Command to check the version' column?=C2=A0=C2= =A0 I would do this to get some space for the optional column and have the version commands in ./scrips/ver_linux . See below. > At=20 > work, we have a script that uses these commands to check the actual=20 > tooling versions. Well, I don't want to break that. > If there is a reason for change, please document it in the commit=20 > message. Will do. > > Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner > > --- > > =C2=A0Documentation/process/changes.rst | 84 +++++++++++++++-----------= ----- > > =C2=A01 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-) > >=20 > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/= changes.rst > > index b3fa980b63e3..905ac0f6cdc5 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst > > @@ -29,49 +29,49 @@ systems; obviously, if you don't have any PC Card h= ardware, for example, > > =C2=A0you probably do not need to concern yourself with pcmciautils. > > =C2=A0 > > =C2=A0=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=C2=A0 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > -=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Program=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Minimal version=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0 Command to check the version > > +=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Program=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Minimal version=C2=A0 Required for=20 >=20 > Do you want to align the column headers to the left or center them? I should have done this the proper way but i didn't. > > =C2=A0=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=C2=A0 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > -bash=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 4.2=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 bash --version > > ... > > +bash=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 4.2=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=20 > > ... > > =C2=A0=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=C2=A0 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > =C2=A0 > > =C2=A0.. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation >=20 > I kind of like the "Required for" column w/ naming=20 > concrete Kconfig symbols or envs like ARCH.=C2=A0=C2=A0 Thanks, do you prefer your scripts working or the required for column? Mayb= e there is space for both, when 'program' and 'Minimal version' get squished. Would one of those arrangements not break your scripts? > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > Program Minimal version Required for Version Co= mmand > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D OR > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > Program Minimal version Version Command Requi= red for > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > I think it would be good to=20 > get this a bit more complete, where possible. I have only little clue about tooling, versions or Kconfig so I'll need som= e help with that. Thanks Manuel=20 > Kind regards, > Nicolas