linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/1] docs: Include simplified link titles in main page's index

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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 22:11:58 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>, Jonathan Corbet
 <corbet@....net>, Carlos Bilbao <bilbao@...edu>,
 Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
Cc: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
 Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>, Boqun Feng
 <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
 Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
 Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>,
 Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...sung.com>, Alice Ryhl
 <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] docs: Include simplified link titles in main page's
 index



On 12/20/23 21:59, Vegard Nossum wrote:
> On 15/12/2023 16:47, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>> Carlos Bilbao <bilbao@...edu> writes:
>>
>>> The general consensus is that the documentation's website main entry point
>>> and its sidebar leave room for improvement.
> [...]
>> Meanwhile, I'm pondering on this patch, would like to know what others
>> think.  Carlos nicely put up some comparison images for us:
>>
>>    https://github.com/Zildj1an/linux-kernel-docs-compare/blob/main/comparison.png
> 
> FWIW, I like it, but I would suggest these changes:
> 
> Driver implementation API -> Driver APIs
> Testing -> Testing guide
> Hacking -> Hacking guides
> User-space tools -> Userspace tools
> User-space API -> Userspace APIs
> CPU Architectures -> CPU architectures
> 
> I know "user space" is technically two words, but the one-word form is
> MUCH more prevalent in the kernel, for example if you check the mainline
> log you'll see something like:
> 
> $ git log --grep 'user.*space' | grep -o 'user.*space' | sort | uniq -c | sort -g | tail -n 3
>    3135 user-space
>    7835 user space
>   26917 userspace
> 
> I think it makes sense to pluralize API -> APIs in most places, so e.g.
> "Core APIs", "Driver APIs", "Userspace APIs". Just to emphasize that
> these are really collections of disparate APIs (e.g. workqueues is one
> API, linked lists is another, etc.).

+1 for all suggestions.

Thanks.
-- 
#Randy