Re: [PATCH] scripts: kernel-doc: transform documentation into POD

[Jonathan Corbet]

Tomasz Warniełło <tomasz.warniello@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Mon, 03 Jan 2022 11:04:53 +0200
> Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> In kernel, tabs are 8 characters.
>> 
>> See Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
>> 
>
> I am a heretic then.
>
> Except for the initial dogma, I understand and agree with the rationale
> in coding-style.rst.
>
> Only what if I have stared at the screen not for 20 hours, but for
> 40 hours? Now I want to have indentation even deeper, of 16 spaces.
> And how do I get this having 8 spaces here and there instead of tabs?
> The system begins to fall apart.
>
> The misleading statement is that tabs are 8 characters long. No. They
> are exactly 1 character long. And that's ASCII 9.

This is not particularly helpful.

I would like to get your work in, but need some cooperation to get
there.

Please:

 - Post your patch series as a single thread with a coherent cover
   letter.

 - Stick with current coding conventions

 - Avoid snide comments to reviewers.

Thanks,

jon