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Date:	Wed, 24 Jul 2013 03:34:39 +0300
From:	Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>
To:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Cc:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/Changes: phase out Changes file that
 hasn't changed

Hi,

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 06:10:01PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> On 07/23/2013 05:57:15 PM, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> >Is there any file describing the needed tools (and minimum versions) to
> >_build_ the kernel? I agree that trying to describe such for the run-time
> >userspace does not belong to the kernel tree, but the required/supported
> >versions of build tools should be still maybe documented...
> 
> Documentation/changes _is_ the file that describes the kernel's
> build-time prerequisites.

So, in that case the file should not be deleted.

A.
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