linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 05/21] Documentation/applying-patches.txt: convert it to ReST markup

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Message-ID: <20160916111026.281b02c7@lwn.net>
Date:   Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:10:26 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
Cc:     Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
        Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@...marit.de>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 05/21] Documentation/applying-patches.txt: convert it
 to ReST markup

On Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:06:34 -0300
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com> wrote:

> - use the correct markup to identify each section;
> 
> - Add some blank lines for Sphinx to properly interpret
>   the markups;
> 
> - Remove a blank space on some paragraphs;
> 
> - Fix the verbatim and bold markups;
> 
> - Cleanup the remaining errors to make Sphinx happy.

So I certainly don't have a problem with the changes made to this file, but
there is some discomfort at a higher level:

> +Last update:
> +	2006-01-05

I have to wonder what the value of a document saying how to FTP the patch
and move up to 2.6.13 is in 2016.

Who knows, there might still be value in a discussion of using the patch
tool.  But I think we should seriously consider making a "historical"
section for documents that are nearing or past their expiration dates.

jon