linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] Prepare files under Documentation/*.txt to build with Sphinx

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Message-ID: <20190412093947.62913186@lwn.net>
Date:   Fri, 12 Apr 2019 09:39:47 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@...marit.de>
Cc:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Luc Maranget <luc.maranget@...ia.fr>,
        Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Daniel Lustig <dlustig@...dia.com>,
        Jade Alglave <j.alglave@....ac.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] Prepare files under Documentation/*.txt to build
 with Sphinx

On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:34:25 +0200
Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@...marit.de> wrote:

> Am 12.04.19 um 14:19 schrieb David Howells:
> > Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@...marit.de> wrote:
> >   
> >> Which is already named in our 'How to write kernel documentation' introduction
> >>
> >> - https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/doc-guide/sphinx.html#writing-documentation  
> > 
> > This should really be in Documentation/ directory.
> >   
> 
> I agree with you, it is a kind of information hiding.  If you know proper
> places, please send a patch to Jon.

As Jani pointed out, it's in Documentation/doc-guide.

If you're saying it should be in the top level, I kind of disagree.
Documentation/ is an exercise in hiding information by placing it in the
middle of 200 other, unrelated files.  We've made some progress on that,
and I would like to continue to do so.

Thanks,

jon