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SubjectRe: [PATCH] docs: Update version number from 5.x to 6.x in README.rst
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Hi--

On 8/25/22 19:19, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 12:48:39PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>> - applying-patches.rst should just go. I didn't prevail last time I
>> tried to make that point, but I still don't think that we help
>> anybody by dragging 1990's instructions around now.
>>
>
> Hi jon,
>
> If we're about to rm applying-patches.rst, at least we also need to add
> a warning to the doc, saying "This documentation is obsolete and will be
> removed in the future.", while adding the same deprecation message on
> scripts/patch-kernel. The script can still be usable and kept around for
> a cycle. If no users complain, we will go ahead rm-ing.

It already says:

This document is obsolete. In most cases, rather than using ``patch``
manually, you'll almost certainly want to look at using Git instead.

although the bit about "will be removed in the [near] future"
would be a good addition.

--
~Randy

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