linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: update top level 00-INDEX file with new additions

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Message-ID: <512391DA.6090706@windriver.com>
Date:	Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:53:14 -0500
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
CC:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: update top level 00-INDEX file with new
 additions

On 13-02-18 10:57 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 02/18/13 01:39, Jiri Kosina wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
>>
>>> It seems there are about 80 new, but undocumented addtions at
>>> the top level Documentation directory.  This fixes up the top
>>> level 00-INDEX by adding new entries and deleting a couple orphans.
>>> Some subdirs could probably still use a check/cleanup too though.
> 
> After this patch, I would prefer to see a requirement that each Documentation/
> file contain a "topic" line and then generate INDEX files from those automatically...
> 
> comments?

Rules can sometimes be so inflexible as to prevent additions.
I think I'd rather see a makefile target that does some sanity
checks, so that kernel janitors and the like are more apt to
send trivial patches before it falls behind by 80+ entries like
it was just recently.   Just my $0.02 opinion.

P.
--

> 
> 
>>> Acked-by: Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
>>> Cc: Jiri Kosina <trivial@...nel.org>
>>> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> [vectoring this via trivial tree as requested by Rob]
>>
>> Applied, thanks.
> 
> 
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