Re: [PATCH 07/11] docs: Apply some basic organization to the process guide

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Date: Wed Oct 26 2016 - 20:24:35 EST


Em Wed, 26 Oct 2016 17:19:35 -0600
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> escreveu:

> Put like documents together, with the essential ones at the top, and split
> the TOC into sections.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Documentation/process/changes.rst | 2 +-
> Documentation/process/index.rst | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> index 22797a15dc24..56ce66114665 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
> .. _changes:
>
> -Minimal requerements to compile the Kernel
> +Minimal requirements to compile the Kernel
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Intro
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/index.rst b/Documentation/process/index.rst
> index 6ee818752474..0cbc62adbbb1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/index.rst
> @@ -4,29 +4,48 @@
> \renewcommand\thesubsection*
>
>
> -Linux Kernel Development Documentation
> -======================================
> +Working with the kernel development community
> +=============================================
>
> -Contents:
> +So you want to be a Linux kernel developer? Welcome! While there is a lot
> +to be learned about the kernel in a technical sense, it is also important
> +to learn about how our community works. Reading these documents will make
> +it much easier for you to get your changes merged with a minimum of
> +trouble.
> +
> +Below are the essential guides that every developer should read.
>
> .. toctree::
> :maxdepth: 2
>
> howto
> - changes
> - coding-style
> + code-of-conflict
> + development-process
> submitting-patches
> + coding-style
> + email-clients
> +
> +Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are:
> +
> +.. toctree::
> + :maxdepth: 2
> +
> + changes
> submitting-drivers
> stable-api-nonsense
> management-style
> stable-kernel-rules
> + submit-checklist
> kernel-docs
> +
> +These are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for
> +lack of a better place.
> +
> +.. toctree::
> + :maxdepth: 2
> +
> applying-patches
> - email-clients
> - submit-checklist
> - code-of-conflict
> adding-syscalls
> magic-number
> volatile-considered-harmful
>
> - development-process



Thanks,
Mauro