Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 9 Feb 2018 06:32:31 -0700 | From | Jonathan Corbet <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/8] docs: kernel-doc: Get rid of xml_escape() and friends |
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On Fri, 09 Feb 2018 11:09:27 +0200 Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Feb 2018, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> wrote: > > XML escaping is a worry that came with DocBook, which we no longer have any > > dealings with. So get rid of the useless xml_escape()/xml_unescape() > > functions. No change to the generated output. > > I think this will break at least the -docbook output option, perhaps > also -html and -html5 options. If you think it's okay to break them, > would it not be better to just axe those off first? > > I guess this boils down to, is kernel-doc the script a general purpose > tool, or just a very specific part of the kernel documentation build > process? > > FWIW I think the latter, and why don't you throw docbook/html support > out already!
See commit b05142675310 :)
Thanks,
jon
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