Re: [PATCH] docs: conf.py: drop stale FIXME about pdf index size

[Jani Nikula]

On Tue, 06 Jan 2026, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Vishal Singh <vishalrajput96156@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> CC += Jani
>
>> The comment describes intentional behavior and does not indicate
>> unfinished work. Remove the FIXME marker and keep it as a normal
>> explanatory comment.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vishal Singh <vishalrajput96156@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/conf.py | 5 ++---
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/conf.py b/Documentation/conf.py
>> index 1ea2ae5c6276..7e0817469e86 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/conf.py
>> +++ b/Documentation/conf.py
>> @@ -572,9 +572,8 @@ epub_exclude_files = ["search.html"]
>>  #
>>  # See the Sphinx chapter of https://ralsina.me/static/manual.pdf
>>  #
>> -# FIXME: Do not add the index file here; the result will be too big. Adding
>> -# multiple PDF files here actually tries to get the cross-referencing right
>> -# *between* PDF files.
>> +# Do not add the index file here; the result would be too big. Adding multiple
>> +# PDF files here tries to keep cross-referencing correct *between* PDF files.
>
> I think the comment doesn't have much to tell people either way, I
> wonder if it can just go altogether.  Jani, what problem is actually
> being described here?

I think it's related to some early experiments with rst2pdf for Sphinx
PDF output. But I don't think anyone uses that. I think the whole
pdf_documents configuration and the comment above it could be removed.

Cc: Mauro.


BR,
Jani.


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Jani Nikula, Intel