[alsa-devel] [PATCH v2 34/37] docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved

Pavel Machek pavel at ucw.cz
Wed Nov 2 10:31:54 CET 2016


Hi!

> > Dunno, but kernel-parameters.txt was already quite long... for a file
> > that is referenced quite often. Adding admin-guide/ into the path does
> > not really help.
> 
> The big string name starts with Documentation/ :) There are some discussions 
> about changing it to doc/ (or docs/). Also, as you said, kernel-parameters
> is already a big name. Perhaps we could use, instead,
> > "kernel-parms".

cmdline?

> If we rename kernel-parameters.rst to kernel-parms.rst, plus the doc/ rename,
> then the string size will actually reduce:
> 
> -		(see Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt), the minimum possible
> +		(see doc/admin-guide/kernel-parms.rst), the minimum possible
> 
> > Maybe admin-guide should go directly into Documentation/ , as that's
> > what our users are interested in?
> 
> There are several problems if we keep them at Documentation/ dir:
> 
> - We'll end by mixing documents already converted to ReST with documents
>   not converted yet;
> 
> - A rename is needed anyway, as Sphinx only accepts ReST files that end
>   with the extension(s) defined at Documentation/conf.py (currently,
>   .rst);
> 
> - A partial documentation build is made by sub-directory. If we put
>   files under /Documentation, there's no way to build just one
>   book.

Well, documentation is primarily for users. I'm sure tools can adapt...

> > Plus, I'm not sure how many developers will figure out that process/
> > is what describes kernel patch submission process. We have processes
> > in the kernel, after all...
> 
> Do you have a better idea?

development/ ?

Best regards,
									Pavel
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