linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts: kernel-doc: Check existence of FILE arg

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Message-ID: <87tucpr6o0.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:36:47 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Tomasz Warniełło <tomasz.warniello@...il.com>,
        Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: kernel-doc: Check existence of FILE arg

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

> But I'm not sure this is the right moment to do this. Have you seen
> my RFC thread? I'd wait until the water stabilises and see the result.
> This script may be phased out - how soon, I don't know. Unless you want
> to do this purely for sport.

Unless somebody steps up to do the work, I don't see that phasing out
happening any time really soon.  I know I'll not be able to find the
time to take on a project like that...so I certainly wouldn't be turning
away improvements to the current script on that basis.

Thanks,

jon