linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: kernel-docs: Move vfs.txt under "Docs at the Linux Kernel tree"

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Message-ID: <20190402094358.38c15809@lwn.net>
Date:   Tue, 2 Apr 2019 09:43:58 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@....net>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Martin Kepplinger <martink@...teo.de>,
        Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@...a.pv.it>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: kernel-docs: Move vfs.txt under "Docs at
 the Linux Kernel tree"

On Mon,  1 Apr 2019 00:14:37 +0200
Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@....net> wrote:

> It's unnecessary to point to an external mirror of the Documentation
> directory. Also, drop the date field, because in-kernel documentation is
> continually updated.

So I had to ponder on this one a bit...saying "continually updated" is
pretty amusing for a document that leads off with:

		  Last updated on June 24, 2007.

> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@....net>
> ---
> 
> Alternatively, we might drop this entry of the list entirely, because
> Documentation/ is already covered.

In the end, I think this alternative option is the better one.  We don't
want to turn kernel-docs.rst into yet another out-of-date index for the
rest of Documentation/, and the removal of the external URL takes away the
only bit of additional information that this entry offers.

Thanks,

jon