Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kernel-doc: Handle returning pointers to pointers | From | Markus Heiser <> | Date | Tue, 24 Jan 2017 07:58:36 +0100 |
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Am 23.01.2017 um 16:24 schrieb Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>:
> On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:14:51 +0000 > Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com> wrote: > >>> I maintain my own stack of "linuxdoc" with a python version >>> of the kernel-doc script (hosted on github). It uses the same >>> regexes as the perl version (using a python rewrite here has some >>> other benefits, one you will see below). I merged your patch: >> >> Are there plans to merge that? It feels so odd to have a python script calling a perl script ... > > I pushed back pretty hard on it last year; my feeling at the time was that > the Sphinx transition had enough moving parts as it was.
I know what you mean ;)
> I do think we > can reconsider it now, though. It's not as if the perl kerneldoc script > is a thing of great beauty in need of preservation. > > Markus, would you consider sending out a new patch set for review?
Yes, I send RFC soon ...
> What I > would like to do see is something adding the new script for the Sphinx > toolchain, while leaving the DocBook build unchanged, using the old > script. We could then delete it once the last template file has moved > over.
agree ...
> 4.12 would be the probable merge target; it's a big enough change that I'd > like to have it in -next for a full development cycle.
agree once more.
Thanks for choosing this!
-- Markus --
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