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

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Message-ID: <87v7ihg1u3.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2025 19:11:00 -0700
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: ᴋᴀʀᴛɪᴋ sʜᴀʜ
 <kartikpro9599@...il.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] docs: improve introduction wording in howto.rst

ᴋᴀʀᴛɪᴋ sʜᴀʜ <kartikpro9599@...il.com> writes:

> From 56985c72f365c7f0e9ba8ae66ba99c198c15128c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: kartikpro9599-hash <kartikpro9599@...il.com>
> Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2025 13:53:02 +0530
> Subject: [PATCH v4] docs: improve introduction wording in howto.rst
>
> Signed-off-by: kartikpro9599-hash <kartikpro9599@...il.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/howto.rst | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Please copy the documentation maintainer (me) on patches like this.

So what is the purpose of this change - how does it make the kernel
better?

> diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst
> index 9438e03d6..dd840115f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst
> @@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
>  HOWTO do Linux kernel development
>  =================================
>
> -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

Is it really complete?  I would argue that none of our documentation is
truly complete...  the original text is not great, but this is not
necessarily better.

> +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.

Thanks,

jon