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Message-ID: <20181026090518.6f3c064e@lwn.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:05:18 -0600
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@...il.com>, Mimi Zohar
<zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Matthew
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Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, igor.stoppa@...wei.com, Dave Hansen
<dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>, Randy
Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/17] prmem: documentation
On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:26:09 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> Jon,
>
> So the below document is a prime example for why I think RST sucks. As a
> text document readability is greatly diminished by all the markup
> nonsense.
Please don't confused RST with the uses of it. The fact that one can do
amusing things with the C preprocessor doesn't, on its own, make C
suck...
>
> This stuff should not become write-only content like html and other
> gunk. The actual text file is still the primary means of reading this.
I agree that the text file comes first, and I agree that the markup in
this particular document is excessive.
Igor, just like #ifdef's make code hard to read, going overboard with RST
markup makes text hard to read. It's a common trap to fall into, because
it lets you make slick-looking web pages, but that is not our primary
goal here. Many thanks for writing documentation for this feature, that
already puts you way ahead of a discouraging number of contributors. But
could I ask you, please, to make a pass over it and reduce the markup to
a minimum? Using lists as suggested by Markus would help here.
Thanks,
jon
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