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

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Sep 29 2022 - 11:59:42 EST


On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 09:34:18AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> 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.

I can add a note in my PR of Rust too -- how should I suggest it be
resolved?

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Kees Cook