linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: Bump version to 5.x

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Message-Id: <01ca39f9-6114-deed-6e59-d9d6d8d53f76@au1.ibm.com>
Date:   Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:19:50 +1100
From:   Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan@....ibm.com>
To:     Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: Bump version to 5.x

On 14/1/19 5:12 pm, Joel Stanley wrote:
> This shows up in the index of https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ so
> I figured it should be updated.
> 
> Fixes: bfeffd15528 ("Linux 5.0-rc1")
> Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>
> --
> We could also remove the version number instead of applying this patch.

You missed all the 4.x references in "Installing the kernel source" :)

I also don't think the README matches the contemporary understanding of 
"release notes" so perhaps that phrase should be dropped too.

> ---
>   Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst | 5 +++--
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
> index 0797eec76be1..a09baa324951 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
> @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
>   .. _readme:
> 
> -Linux kernel release 4.x <http://kernel.org/>
> +Linux kernel release 5.x <http://kernel.org/>
>   =============================================
> 
> -These are the release notes for Linux version 4.  Read them carefully,
> +These are the release notes for Linux version 5.  Read them carefully,
>   as they tell you what this is all about, explain how to install the
>   kernel, and what to do if something goes wrong.
> 
> @@ -406,3 +406,4 @@ If something goes wrong
> 
>      gdb'ing a non-running kernel currently fails because ``gdb`` (wrongly)
>      disregards the starting offset for which the kernel is compiled.
> +
> 

-- 
Andrew Donnellan              OzLabs, ADL Canberra
andrew.donnellan@....ibm.com  IBM Australia Limited