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From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
To: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v2 0/1] Documentation: bootconfig: Documentation updates
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 15:05:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0d7d201c-e313-6129-7cfa-4e61eb31342d@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200228222311.f5b9448027031b16a3be372a@kernel.org>

> Didn't you read the article I shared?

I read also the article “Don’t Use ISO/IEC 14977 Extended Backus-Naur Form (EBNF)”
by David A. Wheeler.
Some possibilities were pointed out as desirable improvements.


> I actually wrote up the EBNF (ISO/IEC 14977) that was a good pazzle,
> but just a toy.

I hope that this contribution can help to become more productive
in the discussed application domain.
https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/2/27/72
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1200987/
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/158278836196.14966.3881489301852781521.stgit@devnote2/


> I found no one use it to define their data format, according to the article,
> including ISO itself (lol!) and there are many local extension,
> including W3C EBNF, and those say "I'm EBNF".

I suggest to reconsider the current situation.


> Well, to say the least, I feel it is quite confused.

Such a view is reasonable.


> So, if you are interested in it, I don't stop you to write it up.

Will the collaboration continue anyhow?


> I just keep away from it.

This is a pity.


Will the clarification become more constructive for remaining challenges?

Regards,
Markus

  reply	other threads:[~2020-02-28 14:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-02-28  8:30 [PATCH v2 0/1] Documentation: bootconfig: Documentaiton updates Masami Hiramatsu
2020-02-28  8:30 ` [PATCH v2] Documentation: bootconfig: Update boot configuration documentation Masami Hiramatsu
2020-02-28 10:00   ` Markus Elfring
2020-02-28 13:26     ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-02-28 11:55   ` [v2] " Markus Elfring
2020-02-29  5:59   ` [PATCH v2] " Randy Dunlap
2020-03-02  6:52     ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-03-02  7:06       ` Randy Dunlap
2020-03-02  8:23       ` [v2] " Markus Elfring
2020-02-28  9:00 ` [v2 0/1] Documentation: bootconfig: Documentation updates Markus Elfring
2020-02-28 13:23   ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-02-28 14:05     ` Markus Elfring [this message]
2020-02-28 14:55       ` Masami Hiramatsu

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