On 2/17/22 09:04, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > Tomasz Warniełło <tomasz.warniello@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> I will prepare the POD part. As for the rest, you will need a porter if you >> decide this is the way to go. I could help with explanations if something is >> unclear and as long as the questions come soon. The winter is almost over and >> I need to switch to other activities like earning money. > > Understood. > >> I understand. I didn't know there was a rewrite. I'm not into Python, but >> if you could post a link, I'd take a look out of curiosity. >> >> If the community prefers Python, what can I say about this? Their choice. > > This is the kernel community you're talking about - saying that it > prefers any language (except possibly C) is asking for big-time trouble > :) > > *I* prefer Python, and the Sphinx side of things is necessarily in > Python, so I'd be happy to see kernel-doc move over. That said, others > certainly disagree. > > Markus's work was here: > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1485287564-24205-1-git-send-email-markus.heiser@xxxxxxxxxxx/ I can barely modify Python script, but I think that this would be a good move overall. Then I could learn more Python. > At the time, we were just trying to get the RST transition done, and > swapping out the kernel-doc script seemed like a major distraction that > we didn't need, so this never got looked at as seriously as I would have > liked. > >> Personally, I'd rather play with translating this script to Raku (aka >> Perl 6). > > Trying to add yet another language dependency is another path to > unhappiness, we're not going to go there. -- ~Randy
