linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH linux-doc] docs/doc-guide: Clarify how to write tables

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Date:   Wed, 15 Mar 2023 18:55:43 -0700
From:   Joe Stringer <joe@...valent.com>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-doc] docs/doc-guide: Clarify how to write tables

On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 11:14 AM Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> wrote:
>
> Joe Stringer <joe@...valent.com> writes:
>
> >> ...and if they do merit an exception, why would we prefer the full grid
> >> format (which is harder to create and maintain) than the simple table
> >> format?  Most of the time, the simple format can do what's needed, and I
> >> don't think it's less readable.
> >
> > I'm not opinionated about grid format, I just picked one. But this is
> > interesting - If simple table is the preferred format, then that
> > sounds like the sort of detail that this docs page should communicate.
> > For example:
>
> I think that either format is fine, both are readable.  I just
> questioned whether we should push people toward the grid format, which
> takes more effort to create, in the absence of a reason to do so.

Got it, thanks Jon. I'll spin a v2.