Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 11/7/24 2:25 PM, Jonathan Corbet wrote: >> If we really want to separate the mechanics of kernel development from >> the associated process information - not always an easy separation, IMO >> - we could make a top-level "development" directory, put a lot of the >> other relevant stuff there, and include the debugging stuff. It seems >> really weird to put debugging by itself, though; it's only part of the >> picture. > > I could go with that. > >> >> Why is Documentation/process so bad? > > Documentation/process/ is meta-documentation about kernel social "standards" > among other things. It is "soft" documentation, whereas debugging (IMHO) is > "hard" documentation. > > But hey, it's all your baby. Do whatever pleases you. :) Hopefully not all mine...:) My suggestion is to put it under process for now just to not block forward progress on this work. We can surely relocate it if we want to make a proper development-processes top-level directory in the future. Thanks, jon
