linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: Make CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches symlinks

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Message-ID: <1485168859.12563.29.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Mon, 23 Jan 2017 02:54:19 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: Make CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches symlinks

On Mon, 2017-01-23 at 11:44 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> When will/can we get rid of them?
> Old (doh) kernels, and new versions of stable kernels will keep on having
> them for the next +10 years.
> 
> To me, these[*] filenames are more like a user-visible API, which should
> not be changed without given consideration.

Yup.