Re: [PATCH v2] docs: MAINTAINERS: add "Profile" keyword entry name

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Mon Feb 19 2024 - 16:51:59 EST


Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> The HTML output of MAINTAINERS file prints "P:" for subsystem profile,
>> e.g.:
>> Status: Maintained
>> P: process/maintainer-soc-clean-dts
>>
>> Use "Profile" as this entry name.
>>
>> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Heh, I was confused what HTML file Krzysztof was talking about but after
> some digging I found this:
>
> https://docs.kernel.org/process/maintainers.html
>
> This is very useful! You can link directly to entries[1] and it's easy
> to read which makes it easier to talk with non-technical people.

Non-technical people like ... maintainers? :)

> Jonathan, I wish we would make this HTML version more visible, for
> example what about adding a link to the HTML version in beginning of the
> file? And maybe add a short introduction text at the same time? I can
> send a patch if there's interest.

I'll certainly entertain a patch but ... I feel like the same could be
said for any file within Documentation/. Perhaps we should make the
rendered docs on kernel.org more discoverable, but I'm not sure that the
maintainers manual is the place to start...?

Thanks,

jon