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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Vishal Singh <vishalrajput96156@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Vishal Singh <vishalrajput96156@gmail.com>,
	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: conf.py: drop stale FIXME about pdf index size
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:02:19 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eco2csd0.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251223121543.401133-1-vishalrajput96156@gmail.com>

Vishal Singh <vishalrajput96156@gmail.com> writes:

CC += Jani

> The comment describes intentional behavior and does not indicate
> unfinished work. Remove the FIXME marker and keep it as a normal
> explanatory comment.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vishal Singh <vishalrajput96156@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/conf.py | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/conf.py b/Documentation/conf.py
> index 1ea2ae5c6276..7e0817469e86 100644
> --- a/Documentation/conf.py
> +++ b/Documentation/conf.py
> @@ -572,9 +572,8 @@ epub_exclude_files = ["search.html"]
>  #
>  # See the Sphinx chapter of https://ralsina.me/static/manual.pdf
>  #
> -# FIXME: Do not add the index file here; the result will be too big. Adding
> -# multiple PDF files here actually tries to get the cross-referencing right
> -# *between* PDF files.
> +# Do not add the index file here; the result would be too big. Adding multiple
> +# PDF files here tries to keep cross-referencing correct *between* PDF files.

I think the comment doesn't have much to tell people either way, I
wonder if it can just go altogether.  Jani, what problem is actually
being described here?

Thanks,

jon

  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-06 22:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-12-23 12:15 [PATCH] docs: conf.py: drop stale FIXME about pdf index size Vishal Singh
2026-01-06 22:02 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
2026-01-07  9:09   ` Jani Nikula

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