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From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To:     Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] doc: specify an 'html' build sub-directory for
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Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Jonathan,
>
> Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> writes:
>> I think I'm going to hold off on this one.  As I said before, it would
>> have made sense to do things this way when we made the transition.  At
>> this point, though, I think the potential for trouble outweighs the
>> benefits that would come from moving things around in this way.
>
> OK.  The potential for troubles would lie with the scripts to deploy the
> doc to the web site, I'd guess?  If that's the place we'd expect
> problems, I'm happy to be pointed to it and can try adjusting the
> scripts for the change.

The trouble lies in any number of scripts at any number of sites;
calling this an ABI change would be a stretch, but some of the same
concerns apply.

Getting the docs build on kernel.org updated would not be a huge
problem, I think, but I don't know what else might break.

We can reconsider this, but not before the merge window.

Thanks,

jon