Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] docs: Rewrite the front page

[Jonathan Corbet]

Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi Jonathan,
>
> On 9/22/22 13:41, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>> The front page is the entry point to the documentation, especially for
>> people who read it online.  It's a big mess of everything we could think to
>> toss into it.  Rewrite the page with an eye toward simplicity and making it
>> easy for readers to get going toward what they really want to find.
>> 
>> This is only a beginning, but it makes our docs more approachable than
>> before.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/index.rst          | 150 +++++++++++--------------------
>>  Documentation/subsystem-apis.rst |  58 ++++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 111 insertions(+), 97 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/subsystem-apis.rst
>
> I don't see a kernel version listed anywhere on the front page
> (maybe it depends on what theme is used?) at
> https://static.lwn.net/kerneldoc/, so I think it needs something like
> this.
>
> --- a/Documentation/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/index.rst
> @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ documents into a coherent whole.  Please
>  documentation are welcome; join the linux-doc list at vger.kernel.org if
>  you want to help out.
>  
> +This documentation is for Linux kernel $(KERNELRELEASE).
> +

Ah, it does look like we lost that in the transition; I'll make sure it
gets put back.

Thanks,

jon