Re: [PATCH 2/2] filesystems.5: note ncpfs removal from kernel

["Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" <alx.manpages@gmail.com>]

Hi Ahelenia,

Please, could you append that into the first paragraph?
I feel 3 paragraphs is too much for a fs that has been already removed.

[
       ncpfs     is  a network filesystem that supports the NCP
                 protocol, used by Novell NetWare.  It was removed
                 from the kernel in 4.17.

                 To use ncpfs, you need special programs, which can
                 be found at ⟨ftp://linux01.gwdg.de/pub/ncpfs⟩.
]

Something like this.  This way, the "removed" notice is also closer to
the name.

Thanks,

Alex

P.S.: Sorry for not spotting this before :/

On 12/17/20 5:40 PM, Ahelenia Ziemiańska wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 05:23:06PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote:
>> Could you remove the '-rc4' part from the version?
>> So that we show the first stable version where it was removed.
> Sure thing, see updated scissor-patch below:
> 
> -- >8 --
> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] filesystems.5: note ncpfs removal from kernel
> 
> Relevant Linux commits:
>  * moved to staging in 1bb8155080c652c4853e6228f8f0d262b3049699
>    (describe: v4.15-rc1-129-g1bb8155080c6) in Nov 2017,
>    described as "broken" and "obsolete"
>  * purged in bd32895c750bcd2b511bf93917bf7ae723e3d0b6
>    (describe: v4.17-rc3-1010-gbd32895c750b) in Jun 2018,
>    "since no one has complained or even noticed it was gone"
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska <nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz>
> ---
>  man5/filesystems.5 | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man5/filesystems.5 b/man5/filesystems.5
> index 6ec2de9f0..1eda05b22 100644
> --- a/man5/filesystems.5
> +++ b/man5/filesystems.5
> @@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ To use
>  you need special programs, which can be found at
>  .UR ftp://ftp.gwdg.de\:/pub\:/linux\:/misc\:/ncpfs
>  .UE .
> +.IP
> +The
> +.B ncpfs
> +filesystem was removed from the kernel in 4.17.
>  .TP
>  .B nfs
>  is the network filesystem used to access disks located on remote computers.
> 

-- 
Alejandro Colomar
Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
http://www.alejandro-colomar.es