From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Borislav Petkov Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 56/79] docs: Documentation/*.txt: rename all ReST files to *.rst Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 11:19:06 +0200 Message-ID: <20190424091906.GA30142@zn.tnic> References: <20190423083135.GA11158@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20190423125519.GA7104@redhat.com> <20190423130132.GT4038@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20190423103053.07cf2149@lwn.net> <20190423171158.GG12232@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20190423172006.GD16353@zn.tnic> <20190423170409.7b1370ac@coco.lan> <20190423213816.GE16353@zn.tnic> <20190423160640.70c9703f@lwn.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190423160640.70c9703f-T1hC0tSOHrs@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: iommu-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org Errors-To: iommu-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Mike Snitzer , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Linus Walleij , Farhan Ali , Will Deacon , dri-devel-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org, Jaroslav Kysela , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Christoph Hellwig , linux-arch-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-sh-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, James Morris , Halil Pasic , tboot-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, Alan Stern , openipmi-developer-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, Guenter Roeck , Boqun Feng , Nicholas Piggin , Alex Williamson , Matt Mackall , Thomas Gleixner , Sean Paul , Greg Kroah-Hartman List-Id: platform-driver-x86.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 04:06:40PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > Remember that most of our docs are 99% RST even though they were written > by people who had never even heard of RST. I really don't think it's a > big deal - a far smaller cognitive load than trying to keep up with any > given subsystem's variable-declaration-ordering rules, for example :) Tztztz, this thing seems to have hit a nerve with people. Which means, I will enforce that even more now so that I annoy submitters more! :-P See, I can do my own "RST" too. :-P Srsly: ok, good. Sounds like we're on the same page then. > I'm trying to do the same in Documentation/, with an attempt to be > sympathetic toward our readers, sort things by intended audience, > and create (someday) a coherent whole. I agree that moving docs is > a short-term annoyance, but I'm hoping that it brings a long-term > benefit. Ok, that's fair. I've been moving files too, in the past. > Minimal markup is the policy (it's even documented :). Automating stuff > that can be automated is an area that has definitely not received > enough attention; hopefully some things can be done there in the very > near future. Sounds nice, thanks Jon! -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.