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From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Runxi Yu <me@runxiyu.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
	Runxi Yu <runxiyu@umich.edu>, SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] README: Don't organize the README by arbitrary "roles"
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 18:46:29 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <202605131844.085EF96F@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260514000954.32172-1-me@runxiyu.org>

On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 12:09:46AM +0000, Runxi Yu wrote:
> More broadly though, I'm a little skeptical in whether the README is the
> proper place to put extensive links to different subsystems/parts of the
> documentation. Sphinx has the ability to generate table of contents, and
> we could also improve the index over there, with the TOC/whatever that
> it could generate. I don't think we should be duplicating this into the
> README, but if that ship has sailed, this patch might still be useful.

I don't agree with this change at all. This modern layout of the README
was discussed at length. The "role" sections are very intentional.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook

  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-14  1:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-14  0:09 [PATCH v2] README: Don't organize the README by arbitrary "roles" Runxi Yu
2026-05-14  1:46 ` Kees Cook [this message]
2026-05-14  1:50   ` Runxi Yu
2026-05-14  1:53     ` Kees Cook
2026-05-15 13:52 ` Jonathan Corbet

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