linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] docs: improve introduction wording in howto.rst

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Message-ID: <aTYMprKqrg-6lSP0@casper.infradead.org>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2025 23:24:22 +0000
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To: ᴋᴀʀᴛɪᴋ sʜᴀʜ <kartikpro9599@...il.com>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] docs: improve introduction wording in howto.rst

On Sun, Dec 07, 2025 at 03:07:43PM +0530, ᴋᴀʀᴛɪᴋ sʜᴀʜ wrote:
> -This is the be-all, end-all document on this topic.  It contains
> -instructions on how to become a Linux kernel developer and how to learn
> -to work with the Linux kernel development community.  It tries to not
> -contain anything related to the technical aspects of kernel programming,
> -but will help point you in the right direction for that.
> +This is a complete introductory document on this topic. It
> +contains instructions on how to become a Linux kernel developer
> +and how to work with the Linux kernel development community. It
> +does not cover the technical aspects of kernel programming, but
> +will help point you in the right direction for that.

I'd suggest following https://sembr.org/ for this paragraph since you're
editing it.  Don't go through and change the whole document.

Also, it is "the" complete document, not "a" complete document.