linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 12/15] scripts: kernel-doc: Archive the pre-git museum

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Message-ID: <87fsoi2xx5.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Wed, 16 Feb 2022 16:29:10 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Tomasz Warniełło <tomasz.warniello@...il.com>
Cc:     Tomasz Warniełło <tomasz.warniello@...il.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 12/15] scripts: kernel-doc: Archive the pre-git museum

Tomasz Warniełło <tomasz.warniello@...il.com> writes:

> Jonathan Corbet suggested in a reply to my version 1, that these records
> can go, since that's what the git log is for. I don't agree.
>
> The log begins at 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2. That's from
> 2005. One of those entries is indeed logged, so kudos for having me check
> this. But not the older ones. Of course they can be found indirectly,
> but then...
>
> Why not just let them embellish the script tail?
>
> As you can see, they don't even require any formatting there.
>
> Are you sure you don't want them?

Do you really want this kind of stuff in the patch changelog for all
time?

Yes, I still believe that this information can go.  Why preserve a tiny
subset of a few small changes from over 20 years ago?  Just take it out,
please. 

> * Transform documentation into POD (12/15)
> See step 1 for the series details.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tomasz Warniełło <tomasz.warniello@...il.com>
> ---
>  scripts/kernel-doc | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

Thanks,

jon