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Re: [PATCH 03/10] docs: sphinxify sparse.txt and move to dev-tools

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On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 11:19:50AM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Aug 2016, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
> > The ugly format is a major regression over a proper simple text
> > file.  What's the point?
> 
> Major regression? Please be reasonable.
> 
> I think the changes are rather small, and it's a fair compromise between
> a simple text file and one that can be used to generate pretty
> documentation [1].

It's a lot less pretty to read - it look like a cat threw up to be
specific.  The point of the Document is to read it quickly in the kernel
tree.  If you want fancy websites write a separate document.

> [1] http://static.lwn.net/kerneldoc/dev-tools/sparse.html

And I wouldn't exactly call that pretty.  There is no value add
over a simple text file here, and it requires a browser to not look
ugly instead of a text editor, which is a giant usablity regression.

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[PATCH 00/10] [RFC] Sphinxify and coalesce development-tool documents Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> - 2016-08-09 01:40 +0200
  [PATCH 05/10] docs: sphinixfy gcov.txt and move to dev-tools Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> - 2016-08-09 01:40 +0200
  [PATCH 03/10] docs: sphinxify sparse.txt and move to dev-tools Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> - 2016-08-09 01:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 03/10] docs: sphinxify sparse.txt and move to dev-tools Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-08-09 10:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 03/10] docs: sphinxify sparse.txt and move to dev-tools Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> - 2016-08-09 10:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 03/10] docs: sphinxify sparse.txt and move to dev-tools Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-08-09 10:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 03/10] docs: sphinxify sparse.txt and move to dev-tools Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> - 2016-08-09 12:10 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 03/10] docs: sphinxify sparse.txt and move to dev-tools Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> - 2016-08-10 01:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 03/10] docs: sphinxify sparse.txt and move to dev-tools Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-08-09 10:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 03/10] docs: sphinxify sparse.txt and move to dev-tools Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> - 2016-08-09 10:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 09/10] docs: sphinxify kmemcheck.txt and move to dev-tools Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com> - 2016-08-09 09:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 00/10] [RFC] Sphinxify and coalesce development-tool documents Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> - 2016-08-09 11:00 +0200

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