Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] docs: consolidate sysfs-block into Documentation/ABI/

[Jens Axboe]

On 1/9/22 2:25 PM, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 09, 2022 at 10:01:11AM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 1/7/22 1:58 PM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
>>> On 1/6/22 13:41, Eric Biggers wrote:
>>>> Jens, any reason you haven't applied this series yet?  It looks like you've been
>>>> applying other patches.  To be clear, I've been expecting that this would go in
>>>> through the block tree, rather than the docs tree.
>>>
>>> We are close to the v5.17 merge window so this is not a good time for a maintainer to
>>> apply a large patch series. If Jens does not reply I propose to repost this patch
>>> series after the v5.17 merge window has closed (three weeks from now?).
>>
>> I'm fine with it, but it should probably just go through the doc tree.
> 
> I think it makes much more sense for subsystems to be responsible for
> their own documentation; that's why patch 8 in this series adds the
> block layer documentation to the block layer MAINTAINERS entry.  Do
> you disagree with that?

I agree, but then we often end up with merge conflicts between the doc
tree and others. That's why it's usually punted there. As a maintainer,
any conflicts is a pain in the butt to deal with, something the
contributor doesn't necessarily see or understand.

If there are no conflicts this time around, I can queue them up.

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Jens Axboe