linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/8] Documentation: Create a new folder for all timer internals

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Message-ID: <87wmrxbbdx.fsf@somnus>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 17:55:54 +0100
From: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
To: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>, Jonathan Corbet
 <corbet@....net>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Frederic Weisbecker
 <frederic@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, John Stultz
 <jstultz@...gle.com>, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>, Clemens Ladisch
 <clemens@...isch.de>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] Documentation: Create a new folder for all timer
 internals

Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com> writes:

> On Thu, 25 Jan 2024, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> wrote:
>>
>> I've thought for a while that we should have a standard warning or two
>> along these lines, like Wikipedia does, but of course haven't done
>> anything about it.
>
> One approach could be to use the todo extension [1], and use todo
> directives instead of warnings. With todo_include_todos config set to
> True, you get the banners in the code, but it's more of an invitation
> for people to fix them. Maybe. :)
>

This might be a bit more positive than the red warning box. But with
this todo extension, the box is simply grey and might be easier to
ignore (I don't know if it is that easy to change the appearance).

Thanks,

	Anna-Maria