Re: [PATCH] doc: convert printk-formats.txt to rst

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Wed Dec 06 2017 - 12:55:45 EST


On 12/05/2017 11:35 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-12-06 at 08:11 +0100, Markus Heiser wrote:
>>> Am 06.12.2017 um 02:45 schrieb Tobin C. Harding <me@xxxxxxxx>:
>>> Documentation/printk-formats.txt is a candidate for conversion to
>>> ReStructuredText format. Some effort has already been made to do this
>>> conversion even thought the suffix is currently .txt
> []
>> just a question .. might it be better we stay with ASCII table
>> in cases like this. I guess this table won't changed often.
>> The flat-table directive is good for big and therefore frequently
>> changed tables where a small precise diff reduce the patch.
>> But flat-table is also hard to read in plain text. Its a balancing
>> and thats my opinion, lets hear what other say ...
>
> I think the proposed conversion is unreadable
> and the original table quite clear.

Agree.


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~Randy