linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] doc: convert printk-formats.txt to rst

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Message-ID: <1512545710.16419.9.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Tue, 05 Dec 2017 23:35:10 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@...marit.de>,
        "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Murray <amurray@...-data.co.uk>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: convert printk-formats.txt to rst

On Wed, 2017-12-06 at 08:11 +0100, Markus Heiser wrote:
> > Am 06.12.2017 um 02:45 schrieb Tobin C. Harding <me@...in.cc>:
> > Documentation/printk-formats.txt is a candidate for conversion to
> > ReStructuredText format. Some effort has already been made to do this
> > conversion even thought the suffix is currently .txt
[]
> just a question .. might it be better we stay with ASCII table
> in cases like this. I guess this table won't changed often.
> The flat-table directive is good for big and therefore frequently 
> changed tables where a small precise diff reduce the patch.
> But flat-table is also hard to read in plain text. Its a balancing
> and thats my opinion, lets hear what other say ...

I think the proposed conversion is unreadable
and the original table quite clear.