Re: [PATCH v2 56/79] docs: Documentation/*.txt: rename all ReST files to *.rst

Borislav Petkov
2019-04-24T09:19:06Z

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 04:06:40PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Remember that most of our docs are 99% RST even though they were written
> by people who had never even heard of RST. I really don't think it's a
> big deal - a far smaller cognitive load than trying to keep up with any
> given subsystem's variable-declaration-ordering rules, for example :)

Tztztz, this thing seems to have hit a nerve with people. Which means, I
will enforce that even more now so that I annoy submitters more! :-P

See, I can do my own "RST" too. :-P

Srsly: ok, good. Sounds like we're on the same page then.

> I'm trying to do the same in Documentation/, with an attempt to be
> sympathetic toward our readers, sort things by intended audience,
> and create (someday) a coherent whole. I agree that moving docs is
> a short-term annoyance, but I'm hoping that it brings a long-term
> benefit.

Ok, that's fair. I've been moving files too, in the past.

> Minimal markup is the policy (it's even documented :). Automating stuff
> that can be automated is an area that has definitely not received
> enough attention; hopefully some things can be done there in the very
> near future.

Sounds nice, thanks Jon!

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Boris.

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