Re: [PATCH] v2 Docs: changes.rst: introduce optional column

From: Nicolas Schier

Date: Mon Sep 07 2026 - 05:12:14 EST


On Fri, Sep 04, 2026 at 07:02:52PM +0200, Manuel Ebner wrote:
> On Fri, 2026-09-04 at 18:11 +0200, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 05:25:22PM +0200, Manuel Ebner wrote:
> > > The optional tag isn't obvious nor defined. Therefore replace with column.
> >
> > Why do you throw away the 'Command to check the version' column?  
>
> I would do this to get some space for the optional column and have
> the version commands in ./scrips/ver_linux . See below.
>
> > At
> > work, we have a script that uses these commands to check the actual
> > tooling versions.
>
> Well, I don't want to break that.
>
> > If there is a reason for change, please document it in the commit
> > message.
>
> Will do.

oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't aware of scripts/ver_linux at all. A good
reason for removing the 'Command to check the version' column is the
redundancy with scripts/ver_linux as having these infos in two places
will almost always lead to inconsistencies.

Please, break my script and keep on removing the column.

Kind regards,
Nicolas