Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:27:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:27:03 -0500 Received: from panic.ohr.gatech.edu ([130.207.47.194]:46292 "HELO gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:25:46 -0500 Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:25:44 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik To: Dana Lacoste Cc: "'Chris Ricker'" , Linus Torvalds , World Domination Now! Subject: Re: ANOTHER modest proposal -- We need a documentation package Message-ID: <20020130112544.B21325@havoc.gtf.org> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from dana.lacoste@peregrine.com on Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 07:03:05AM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 07:03:05AM -0800, Dana Lacoste wrote: > Take linux/Documentation and split it into a separate package. > that way Linus doesn't need to care about documentation, it can > be maintained separately. Having documentation packages co-released > with the kernel, but separately maintained would fix this problem, > would it not? Alas this would simply make it more difficult for me to update things. For example I update Documentation/networking/8139too.txt each time there is a corresponding update to drivers/net/8139too.c. Having to go from current situation to patching two totally separate trees would be a PITA and regression from current workflow. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/