linux-kernel - Re: Missing File REPORTING-BUGS In Linux Kernel.

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Date:   Mon, 8 May 2017 08:23:32 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Keith Christian <keith1christian@...il.com>,
        Anil Nair <anilcoll90@...il.com>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Missing File REPORTING-BUGS In Linux Kernel.

On 05/08/17 05:30, Keith Christian wrote:
> 
> 
>     In v4.10, the file was moved (and renamed and edited) to
>     "Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst".
> 
>     I suppose that some Debian install script needs to be updated.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Kernel hackers,
> 
> Thanks for all the work over the years on the kernel.  My very first post to the list (as a long time reader) is a question:
> 
> Were other plain text files changed to .rst as well?

[adding linux-doc mailing list]


Quite a number have been changed.

> Is there a link to the discussion for changing to .rst?

I don't recall much discussion.  There may have been some on the linux-doc
mailing list.

As with many things that are kernel-related, it depends a lot on who is
doing the work and their choices and decisions.

> There is a convention for keeping essential documentation in a simple format that can be read without additional processing.  Where are we going with this?

.rst files are still readable with an editor or 'more' etc.

-- 
~Randy