| From | Jonathan Corbet <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 12/15] scripts: kernel-doc: Archive the pre-git museum | Date | Wed, 16 Feb 2022 16:29:10 -0700 |
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Tomasz Warniełło <tomasz.warniello@gmail.com> writes:
> Jonathan Corbet suggested in a reply to my version 1, that these records > can go, since that's what the git log is for. I don't agree. > > The log begins at 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2. That's from > 2005. One of those entries is indeed logged, so kudos for having me check > this. But not the older ones. Of course they can be found indirectly, > but then... > > Why not just let them embellish the script tail? > > As you can see, they don't even require any formatting there. > > Are you sure you don't want them?
Do you really want this kind of stuff in the patch changelog for all time?
Yes, I still believe that this information can go. Why preserve a tiny subset of a few small changes from over 20 years ago? Just take it out, please.
> * Transform documentation into POD (12/15) > See step 1 for the series details. > > Signed-off-by: Tomasz Warniełło <tomasz.warniello@gmail.com> > --- > scripts/kernel-doc | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- > 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
Thanks,
jon
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