linux-kernel - Re: Removing the deprecated htmldocs for good?

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Message-ID: <87wnjm9iba.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Thu, 30 Dec 2021 09:19:21 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "elana.copperman@...ileye.com" <elana.copperman@...ileye.com>
Subject: Re: Removing the deprecated htmldocs for good?

Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com> writes:

> Hi Jonathan, hi Konstantin,
>
> While scanning through the internet for kernel documentation, I
> stumbled upon the old deprecated htmldocs under
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/htmldocs/. I see that on
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/, we already point out that 'htmldocs -
> Kernel Documentation in docbook format (deprecated).' is deprecated.
> If I am not mistaken, all the content from htmldocs has now been
> transformed into .rst and has potentially evolved further and hence
> all relevant information should also already be available somewhere in
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/.
>
> Is it now time to delete the content under
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/htmldocs/ for good?

I think that time may have come, yes; perhaps just have it redirect to
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ instead?

Thanks,

jon