From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753249AbdAZT33 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:29:29 -0500 Received: from mga14.intel.com ([192.55.52.115]:46481 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752666AbdAZT32 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:29:28 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.33,290,1477983600"; d="scan'208";a="813708485" From: Jani Nikula To: Jonathan Corbet , Markus Heiser Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Daniel Vetter , Matthew Wilcox , "linux-doc \@ vger . kernel . org List" , "linux-kernel \@ vger . kernel . org List" Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 2/6] kernel-doc: replace kernel-doc perl parser with a pure python one (WIP) In-Reply-To: <20170126115005.7bf0e4a6@lwn.net> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo References: <1485287564-24205-1-git-send-email-markus.heiser@darmarit.de> <1485287564-24205-3-git-send-email-markus.heiser@darmarit.de> <20170124171314.3b664713@lwn.net> <87a8af5teo.fsf@intel.com> <8B5A4B93-5497-4BEE-8A88-51A7C0E75E32@darmarit.de> <20170126115005.7bf0e4a6@lwn.net> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 21:26:16 +0200 Message-ID: <87a8ad39nr.fsf@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 26 Jan 2017, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > Give me a new kerneldoc that passes those tests, and I'll happily > merge it. (I have some sympathy with the idea that we should look > into other parsers, but I would not hold up a new kerneldoc that > passed those tests on this basis alone.) I'll just note in passing that having another parser that actually works for our needs might be a pink unicorn pony. It might exist, it might not, and someone would have to put in the hours to try to find it, tame it, and bring it to the kernel. But it would be awesome to have. Switching to a homebrew Python parser first does not preclude a unicorn hunt later. BR, Jani. -- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center