Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] Rewrite the top-level index.rst

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Thu Sep 29 2022 - 11:37:26 EST


Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> writes:

> The top-level index.rst file is the entry point for the kernel's
> documentation, especially for readers of the HTML output. It is currently
> a mess containing everything we thought to throw in there. Firefox says it
> would require 26 pages of paper to print it. That is not a user-friendly
> introduction.
>
> This series aims to improve our documentation entry point with a focus on
> rewriting index.rst. The result is, IMO, simpler and more approachable.
> For anybody who wants to see the rendered results without building the
> docs, have a look at:
>
> https://static.lwn.net/kerneldoc/

So I think I'll go ahead and drop this into docs-next shortly. Thanks
to everybody who has commented.

This, of course, has the potential to create conflicts with other 6.1
work that touches Documentation/index.rst. Amazingly, as far as I can
tell, there is only one linux-next commit touching that file - the
addition of the Rust docs. We'll want to be sure that doesn't get lost
during the merge window. I'll be sure to include a suitable heads-up in
my pull request.

Thanks,

jon