From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E6ED244CADF; Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:15:28 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786540531; cv=none; b=LLe6vJSzP2dD/2EA2mIVpaFDluxMkZF3YkEqFSljOyJV4FE3hYsdYuLcTGv8vaRK1D4ixFuW/4tQdFYM0AUsz8ZivFMbewOt+5pBvrRxO7sn/q26/BmtcIAlk0uz18ResJUhuEsPpLkAFYj+vEEV7mGqmWvYvL2qL6kqbdNBdSM= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786540531; c=relaxed/simple; bh=nmHxmY7iTPhC2SO4r0Cu7D2E52TxGJ2ANn9r911bmEc=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=WO1kPiml1TjCrlY8ynWGFUQF1JoMA0LNaksuc1ncHbZaqmow5N7Q64UAcu1zFDdrP3TuRqo8FtXE6nKxWPpMTAVYgJvZIxG+cl3ZmA4HcT8f+i2QENi92LPjY89BsBiWcMSF6rqcGksWDNmHlcvOtES8NcznGAreHSXj1KkA4Iw= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=YjuSXfVF; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="YjuSXfVF" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net CE493408CC DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1786540528; bh=JAXHudu46Eg+mqqdpRoOfueFzUFbPVJGGm+AfV0sLmA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=YjuSXfVFdNZsDUovgWNOnXrDWs1wY3mzRO64lCEOdBzQ4UsRfQncNKg6MQeD84dbH bLkHsiYHrxg688yhBdaz2B2Q68XFUbt6CEC++v0IkcHtNVTga+yEe8MqsyaF4Doazg AN6p2zh75ODIyTnguYSzN3Gphf2DObIsT6Eic8uYtSAfC0aPl0+O7aJrbUa9e6uYsW dcILL/QzRmjIQwFrG1O3taxFeWv03VqKb3B/DUAOVCvasWelTiEfbB4qdrPoAAkdv9 rKaxWgR9X9gvKFI3he7IpfLgwKRk3QMn9Vw8YH9rQ3/9MCHkQLGxQ0KwrW5ieAi53E ir/C+ZzHhlVQQ== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:4600:27b::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CE493408CC; Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:15:27 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Manuel Ebner , Shuah Khan , Federico Vaga , Akira Yokosawa , Daniel Pereira , Carlos Bilbao , Avadhut Naik , Alex Shi , Yanteng Si , Dongliang Mu , Hu Haowen <2023002089@link.tyut.edu.cn>, Alexei Starovoitov , Daniel Borkmann , Andrii Nakryiko , Eduard Zingerman , Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi , Martin KaFai Lau , Song Liu , Yonghong Song , Jiri Olsa , Emil Tsalapatis , Miguel Ojeda , Boqun Feng , Gary Guo , =?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B6rn?= Roy Baron , Benno Lossin , Andreas Hindborg , Alice Ryhl , Trevor Gross , Danilo Krummrich , Daniel Almeida , Tamir Duberstein , Alexandre Courbot , Onur =?utf-8?Q?=C3=96zkan?= , Nathan Chancellor , Nick Desaulniers , Bill Wendling , Justin Stitt Cc: Manuel Ebner , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] Docs: changes.rst: rename file and references and add links In-Reply-To: <20260812121603.1633270-2-manuelebnerli@mailbox.org> References: <20260812120805.1631430-3-manuelebnerli@mailbox.org> <20260812121603.1633270-2-manuelebnerli@mailbox.org> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:15:26 -0600 Message-ID: <87o6f7jx8x.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Manuel Ebner writes: > The current name does not reflect the content of the file, the new name > does so. With the links legacy references should continue to work. > > Change name to software-requirements.rst > Change names in Doc/translations/* > Add link Doc/process/changes.rst to software-version.rst. > Add link Doc/Changes to software-version.rst. > Add links in Doc/translations/* > Change changes.rst to software-version.rst inChange changes.rst to software-version.rst in > Documentation/* > README > samples/bpf/README.rst > scripts/min-tool-version.sh > scripts/ver_linux > > Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner > --- > Documentation/Changes | 2 +- > Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst | 6 +- > Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst | 2 +- > Documentation/filesystems/locks.rst | 2 +- > Documentation/process/changes.rst | 576 +---------------- > Documentation/process/howto.rst | 2 +- > .../process/software-requirements.rst | 575 +++++++++++++++++ > .../translations/it_IT/process/changes.rst | 554 +---------------- > .../translations/it_IT/process/howto.rst | 2 +- > .../it_IT/process/software-requirements.rst | 553 +++++++++++++++++ > .../translations/ja_JP/process/howto.rst | 2 +- > .../translations/ko_KR/process/howto.rst | 2 +- > .../translations/pt_BR/process/changes.rst | 577 +----------------- > .../pt_BR/process/software-requirements.rst | 576 +++++++++++++++++ > .../translations/sp_SP/process/howto.rst | 2 +- > .../translations/zh_CN/admin-guide/README.rst | 6 +- > .../translations/zh_CN/process/howto.rst | 2 +- > .../translations/zh_TW/admin-guide/README.rst | 6 +- > .../translations/zh_TW/process/howto.rst | 2 +- > README | 2 +- > samples/bpf/README.rst | 2 +- > scripts/min-tool-version.sh | 2 +- > scripts/ver_linux | 2 +- > 23 files changed, 1730 insertions(+), 1727 deletions(-) > mode change 100644 => 120000 Documentation/process/changes.rst > create mode 100644 Documentation/process/software-requirements.rst > mode change 100644 => 120000 Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/changes.rst > create mode 100644 Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/software-requirements.rst > mode change 100644 => 120000 Documentation/translations/pt_BR/process/changes.rst > create mode 100644 Documentation/translations/pt_BR/process/software-requirements.rst That is a *lot* of churn just because you don't like the name of the file. The naming is not perfect - it is the result of decades of history - but I think we're better to live with it. jon