From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEBE3C742D4 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 17:34:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9E5D20850 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 17:34:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727277AbfGLRea (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jul 2019 13:34:30 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net ([45.79.88.28]:59320 "EHLO ms.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726976AbfGLRea (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jul 2019 13:34:30 -0400 Received: from lwn.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B29512CC; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 17:34:28 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 11:34:27 -0600 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Alex Shi Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] Documentation: move architectures together Message-ID: <20190712113427.62fa7ffc@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <20190712022018.27989-1-alex.shi@linux.alibaba.com> References: <20190712022018.27989-1-alex.shi@linux.alibaba.com> Organization: LWN.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: kvm@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:20:07 +0800 Alex Shi wrote: > There are many different archs in Documentation/ dir, it's better to > move them together in 'Documentation/arch' which follows from kernel source. So this seems certain to collide badly with Mauro's RST-conversion monster patch set. More to the point, though...if we are going to thrash up things this badly, we want to be sure that we're doing it right so we don't end up renaming everything again. Grouping stuff into a new arch/ subdirectory adds a bit of order, but it doesn't do much toward trying to organize our documentation for its readers, and it doesn't help us to modernize the docs and get rid of the old, useless stuff. A quick check shows that many of these files have seen no changes other than typo fixes since the beginning of the Git era. So, in my mind, this needs some thought. Maybe we want a Documentation/arch in the end, but I'm not convinced that we should just create it and fill it with a snow shovel. This might be a good thing to discuss at the kernel summit in September. Thanks, jon