linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] docs: kernel-doc: Get rid of xml

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Message-ID: <20180209063231.349ad487@lwn.net>
Date:   Fri, 9 Feb 2018 06:32:31 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mchehab@...nel.org, me@...in.cc
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] docs: kernel-doc: Get rid of xml_escape() and
 friends

On Fri, 09 Feb 2018 11:09:27 +0200
Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 07 Feb 2018, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> wrote:
> > XML escaping is a worry that came with DocBook, which we no longer have any
> > dealings with.  So get rid of the useless xml_escape()/xml_unescape()
> > functions.  No change to the generated output.  
> 
> I think this will break at least the -docbook output option, perhaps
> also -html and -html5 options. If you think it's okay to break them,
> would it not be better to just axe those off first?
> 
> I guess this boils down to, is kernel-doc the script a general purpose
> tool, or just a very specific part of the kernel documentation build
> process?
> 
> FWIW I think the latter, and why don't you throw docbook/html support
> out already!

See commit b05142675310 :)

Thanks,

jon