Re: [RFC] scripts: kernel-doc: Major kernel-doc rework

[Randy Dunlap]

On 2/17/22 09:04, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Tomasz Warniełło <tomasz.warniello@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> I will prepare the POD part. As for the rest, you will need a porter if you
>> decide this is the way to go. I could help with explanations if something is
>> unclear and as long as the questions come soon. The winter is almost over and
>> I need to switch to other activities like earning money.
> 
> Understood.
> 
>> I understand. I didn't know there was a rewrite. I'm not into Python, but
>> if you could post a link, I'd take a look out of curiosity.
>>
>> If the community prefers Python, what can I say about this? Their choice.
> 
> This is the kernel community you're talking about - saying that it
> prefers any language (except possibly C) is asking for big-time trouble
> :)
> 
> *I* prefer Python, and the Sphinx side of things is necessarily in
> Python, so I'd be happy to see kernel-doc move over.  That said, others
> certainly disagree.
> 
> Markus's work was here:
> 
>   https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1485287564-24205-1-git-send-email-markus.heiser@xxxxxxxxxxx/

I can barely modify Python script, but I think that this would be a good move overall.
Then I could learn more Python.

> At the time, we were just trying to get the RST transition done, and
> swapping out the kernel-doc script seemed like a major distraction that
> we didn't need, so this never got looked at as seriously as I would have
> liked.
> 
>> Personally, I'd rather play with translating this script to Raku (aka
>> Perl 6).
> 
> Trying to add yet another language dependency is another path to
> unhappiness, we're not going to go there.


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~Randy