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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>, Randy Dunlap
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/get_abi.pl: ignore some temp files
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Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2024 07:59:15 -0700
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Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com> writes:

> On Wed, 03 Jan 2024, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> wrote:
>> It would have been nice to create all of those files with a .abi
>> extension so we didn't have to do this kind of blocklisting, but so be
>> it.
>
> Alternatively, we could switch to yaml instead of using another homebrew
> format with another homebrew parser, and rename them .yaml.

But ... we didn't invent that! :)

That is, of course, a better idea.  It would be a good project for
somebody.

Thanks,

jon