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Re: Git documentation at kernel.org

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Feb 14, 2012, 22:15 UTC
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On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 07:23:19PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > That sounds great to me. I'd like to be link-compatible with the old
> > kernel.org docs section (even if through redirects) so that old links
> > work (assuming kernel.org gives us a wholesale redirect).  Which means
> > importing all of the docs for released versions. I don't know if the old
> > kernel.org doc tree was saved anywhere, but if I understand correctly,
> > they are identical to what's in the "git-htmldocs" repository (which I
> > _thought_ Junio wasn't going to keep updating, but it seems pretty up to
> > date).
> [...]
> But the contents of htmldocs does _not_ match what used to be at k.org in
> that its git.html does not have links to documentation pages for older
> releases, iow, formatted without "stalenotes" defined.

Ah, that makes sense. We might have to just rebuild the old versions with stalenotes, then (our doc toolchain is so finicky that I worry about minor incompatibilities in building old versions with a newer toolchain, but it is probably good enough).

-Peff
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  1. Petr OnderkaFeb 7, 2012
  2. Clemens BuchacherFeb 8, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2012
  4. Matthieu MoyFeb 10, 2012
  5. Theodore TsoFeb 10, 2012
  6. Konstantin RyabitsevFeb 10, 2012
  7. Ted Ts'oFeb 10, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2012
  9. Ted Ts'oFeb 10, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2012
  11. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2012
  13. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2012
  14. Matthieu MoyFeb 12, 2012
  15. Jeff KingFeb 12, 2012
  16. Scott ChaconFeb 12, 2012
  17. Jeff KingFeb 13, 2012
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2012
  19. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2012
  20. Konstantin RyabitsevFeb 13, 2012
  21. Neal KreitzingerFeb 10, 2012

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