Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] workflow: process/changes.rst: expand and cleanup list

Jonathan Corbet
2026-03-17T15:04:16Z

> system with the minimal required versions (process/changes.rst).
> Sorting both lists the same way makes side-by-side comparisons a simple task.

Again, this text doesn't belong here - describe *this patch.

> add reference to ./scripts/ver_linux
> needn't -> do not need to

That seems like a pointless change, but whtever

> make toolnames uniform with the toolnames in ver_linux
> make version commands uniform with ver_linux
>
> remove footnote for sphinx
> in the paragraph before the list it says:
> "Also, not all tools are necessary on all systems;
> obviously, if you don't have any PC Card hardware, for example,
> you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils."
>
> remove "(optional)" for the same reason as above

Here you have lost some information - now the document doesn't say
*which* tools are optional. That is, I think, not ideal.

> add gdb version 7.2 as mentioned in:
> Documentation/process/debugging/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst
> scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
>
> Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@airmail.cc>
> ---
> Documentation/process/changes.rst | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

Thanks,

jon