linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation: cgroup-v2: Replace manual table of contents with contents:: directive

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Message-ID: <aMGq5tNNAk5DsJWo@slm.duckdns.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 06:44:22 -1000
From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>,
	Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Documentation <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux cgroups <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Andrea Righi <arighi@...dia.com>,
	Johannes Bechberger <me@...tlynerdless.de>,
	Changwoo Min <changwoo@...lia.com>,
	Shashank Balaji <shashank.mahadasyam@...y.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Jake Rice <jake@...erice.dev>,
	Cengiz Can <cengiz@...nel.wtf>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation: cgroup-v2: Replace manual table of
 contents with contents:: directive

Hello,

On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 07:24:45AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
...
> I fairly routinely get patches fixing manual TOCs that are not updated
> to match changes elsewhere.  We have a nice system that can manage the
> TOC automatically for us, it seems best to me to use it.
> 
> That said, if having the TOC in the plain-text version of the document
> is deemed to be important, then it needs to be kept and manually
> maintained.

Wouldn't it be better to have some automated script which triggers on
mismatching TOC so that these get fixed up. I think people (including me) do
read the plain text version, so it'd be a shame if we lose TOC in the source
file.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun