From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 062E23EAC72; Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:04:16 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773759858; cv=none; b=fOsU/O/Q5rwS8idYzW9Ivwk/lks2q4Lwvwk/lYU6N51ztR3bCOD61HB45FRCCo1Ndu3RvnOebiGt5Q2xI/Aw4vmqZUVRWR7Mw5u3v1rpWqUKTvJDmJlfXqtHNh4uulGIHcqvZ++wqjlDx54SgBDwpQAUALPn+YnCrDblb8Cdw/Y= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773759858; c=relaxed/simple; bh=8FRg6Legb0m+bXWcjSblKNSoSNDucxzixZw3fTcBUBA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=OY7EMSNcySojygVx1ZZ7gkPfdlR4S8sIMqxk3w2vH9IEhPGKvqpbmLKH2foyy7zhct0e+U3eE631Av1pIxk8DwH0M9+iOEe4hDayETZ6PlrXfJuOPxGSZhc1Ju03/kthBqjmoMvKNIzha1NGjjVkMQPcPfclxehQrC4QeEIqbiI= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=fb2F2lvZ; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="fb2F2lvZ" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 5C08340C7C DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1773759856; bh=kFiEOvlljrAW3OJr5B+qd22MS6ZV77J19exczjwLMjw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=fb2F2lvZdYSemwfwjHo/brtejgsMhXkYAjc4d3YkbEbI8Q9pa6+ulDhbT5jixOJZj x7+TF9bf1XYp/KOnrU1reQHIau9U1N4h6JUDu3xPTru9p5tHtFQT7oPpCAMmg03WnQ hG5GS3r0AcXamHKy8FNGiCHlDAUD57W+/JeEoJjRPxl+mUfBs+7FLlDe1GVpMYPmIK 1p5in5eC5Ci3LQaSCe6e+tQX2Bc5agUbdkVocD6FWlaK/ax3LimnS2DVy43rPoVW5o kRJ/XUFhzwcyeOwOWIzu/B3S/NeTtz6D5PTFFdvzbJhNU7AK3R7DWlulJOhCFtM2kD EYehjJ8bPaAtg== Received: from localhost (c-71-229-227-126.hsd1.co.comcast.net [71.229.227.126]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5C08340C7C; Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:04:16 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Manuel Ebner , Collin Funk , Shuah Khan Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Manuel Ebner Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] workflow: process/changes.rst: expand and cleanup list In-Reply-To: <20260311165612.184288-2-manuelebner@airmail.cc> References: <20260311164935.183495-3-manuelebner@airmail.cc> <20260311165612.184288-2-manuelebner@airmail.cc> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:04:15 -0600 Message-ID: <87fr5ycxao.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Manuel Ebner writes: > It is a pain in the ass to compare the software versions on the running > 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 > --- > Documentation/process/changes.rst | 28 ++++++++++++++-------------- > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) Thanks, jon