Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: kernel-doc comments are ASCII
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>,
        "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        linux-media <linux-media@vger.kernel.org>
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From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
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Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 08:47:10 -0700
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On 08/31/17 07:17, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:56:26 -0300
> Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> wrote:
> 
>> It should have something to do with python version and/or to some
>> locale info at the system, as neither I or Jon can reproduce it.
> 
> I can't reproduce it here, but I have certainly seen situations where
> Python 2 wants to run with the ascii codec by default.
> 
> Note that the exception happens in our Sphinx extension, not in Sphinx
> itself.  We've had other non-ascii text in our docs, so I think Sphinx is
> doing the right thing.  The problem is with our own code.  If I could
> reproduce it, it shouldn't be too hard to track down - take out that
> massive "except anything" block and see where it explodes.
> 
> Randy, which distribution are you running, and are you using their version
> of Sphinx?

opensuse LEAP 42.2
Yes, their sphinx 1.3.1.


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~Randy