From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: Handling of updates to kernel Documentation/ tree Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 09:05:20 -0700 Message-ID: <20150309160520.GA28067@infradead.org> References: <3421611.4D45Q2BAys@tauon> <20150309150739.GA6131@infradead.org> <54FDC468.40503@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <54FDC468.40503-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Stephan Mueller , Michael Kerrisk , linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 05:03:52PM +0100, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > Actually, a lot of man pages do refer to kernel Documentation files. > What's the problem? It's not easily accessibe and coherent information. It requires a checked out kernel tree (or a web mirror these days), which might be a different version than you expect. Referencing actually installed case documentation like man page or at least info pages is a lot easier for the user. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html