linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] docs: MAINTAINERS: add "Profile" keyword entry name

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Message-ID: <87jzn0m8b1.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:51:46 -0700
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski
 <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs: MAINTAINERS: add "Profile" keyword entry name

Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org> writes:

> Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org> writes:
>
>> The HTML output of MAINTAINERS file prints "P:" for subsystem profile,
>> e.g.:
>> 	Status:   Maintained
>> 	P:        process/maintainer-soc-clean-dts
>>
>> Use "Profile" as this entry name.
>>
>> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
>> Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
>
> Heh, I was confused what HTML file Krzysztof was talking about but after
> some digging I found this:
>
> https://docs.kernel.org/process/maintainers.html
>
> This is very useful! You can link directly to entries[1] and it's easy
> to read which makes it easier to talk with non-technical people.

Non-technical people like ... maintainers? :)

> Jonathan, I wish we would make this HTML version more visible, for
> example what about adding a link to the HTML version in beginning of the
> file? And maybe add a short introduction text at the same time? I can
> send a patch if there's interest.

I'll certainly entertain a patch but ... I feel like the same could be
said for any file within Documentation/.  Perhaps we should make the
rendered docs on kernel.org more discoverable, but I'm not sure that the
maintainers manual is the place to start...?

Thanks,

jon