linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] docs: directive `alias` for redirects

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Message-ID: <87ednwndm6.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Thu, 04 May 2023 12:41:21 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Costa Shulyupin <costa.shul@...hat.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] docs: directive `alias` for redirects

Costa Shulyupin <costa.shul@...hat.com> writes:

> and several redirects for moved main arch pages
>
> Problems:
> - The documentation lacks hierarchy
> - Relocating pages disrupts external links to
>   the documentation and causes confusion for users
>
> Benefits:
> - Users can easily access relocated pages from external resources
> - Using redirects frees up options for reorganizing the documentation
>
> The solution:
> - Introduced directive `alias` which declares previous path of
>   a moved document as the argument.
> - Redirects are implemented with Sphinx extension rediraffe_redirects.
>
> Signed-off-by: Costa Shulyupin <costa.shul@...hat.com>
>
> ---
>
> Changes:
> - complete new implementation

I honestly don't know why you keep throwing versions of this at us.  In
the absence of observed problems, I don't see the value in adding
infrastructure that we have to maintain going forward.

Please stop with this for now.

Thanks,

jon