From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Diego Viola <diego.viola@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, trivial@kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net
Subject: Re: README Cleanup Project
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 05:35:48 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151212053548.GO20997@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+ToGPHJJw7d5cMoPv8AHXRR1jSCADUFAYAkv95gKuEK1Qw-OQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 02:46:30AM -0200, Diego Viola wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I would like to do some cleanup on the README, for example, I see it
> still mentions LILO in a few places, e.g.
>
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/README#L256-L258
>
> And:
>
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/README#L295-L317
>
> Is this still relevant today? Can I send a patch to remove it from the
> README? Any objections?
What for? LILO still works just fine here, TYVM.
> Could you guys also help me identify other parts in the README that
> are not relevant anymore today?
>
> I understand some people still use LILO but most don't anymore, so I
> would like to help keep the README updated to reflect on what the
> current standards and needs are.
_What_ current standards?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-12-12 5:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-12 4:46 README Cleanup Project Diego Viola
2015-12-12 5:35 ` Al Viro [this message]
2015-12-12 6:09 ` Diego Viola
2015-12-12 6:24 ` Diego Viola
2015-12-12 11:51 ` Diego Viola
2015-12-12 12:43 ` Richard Weinberger
2015-12-12 14:06 ` Diego Viola
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