Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] the big Documentation/Changes change

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 03:17:40 +0200 Adrian Bunk wrote:

> I edited Documentation/Changes:
> - remove obsolete information
> - point to feature-list-2.6.txt instead of providing similar information
> - removed the URLs of the software packages (people compiling their own
>   kernel usually know where to find the required software)

I always found those real handy.

Overall, I find this a good idea.

> The resulting file is pretty short.

>  Documentation/Changes |  376 +-----------------------------------------
>  1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 361 deletions(-)
> 
> --- linux-2.6.13-rc5-mm1-full/Documentation/Changes.old	2005-08-10 03:01:11.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.13-rc5-mm1-full/Documentation/Changes	2005-08-10 03:12:12.000000000 +0200
> @@ -1,435 +1,89 @@

> -Kernel compilation
> -==================
> +Notes
> +=====
> +
> +Please read feature-list-2.6.txt for information about new features

We usually prefix Doc file names with Documentation/, even though
this is in the same directory.

but where is this file?  I can't find it.
Ah, it's in -mm only.

> +and changes compared to 2.4 kernels.

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~Randy
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