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Message-ID: <87ilfcivzf.fsf@metaspace.dk>
Date:   Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:29:44 +0100
From:   Andreas Hindborg <nmi@...aspace.dk>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
        Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: rust: point directly to the standalone installers


Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org> writes:

> The Quick Start guide points to the Rust programming language front
> page when it mentions the possibility of using the standalone
> installers instead of `rustup`.
>
> This was done to have a hopefully stable link, but it is not too
> helpful: readers need to figure out how to reach the standalone
> installers from there.
>
> Thus point directly to the page (and anchor) with the table that
> contains the standalone installers (plus signing key etc.).
>
> If the link breaks in the future, we can always update it as
> needed. And anyway having the full link includes the domain and
> gives more information about where the old docs were in such
> a broken link case, which may help.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/CANiq72=gpzQyh1ExGbBWWNdgH-mTATdG5F600jKD1=NLLCn7wg@mail.gmail.com/
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst b/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst
> index 13b7744b1e27..253d47791f0f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst
> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ and run::
>  
>  Otherwise, fetch a standalone installer or install ``rustup`` from:

I guess we should remove "or install ``rustup``" from this sentence?

BR Andreas