Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] ktap_v2: change version to 2-rc in KTAP specification

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Tue Aug 30 2022 - 08:56:24 EST


On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 06:31:49PM -0500, frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Prepare KTAP Specification for the process of creating version 2.
>
> The version will remain "2-rc" until the final commit to complete
> Version 2. Adding the "-rc" ensures that none of the development
> versions will be mistaken for the completed version 2.
>
> After this commit, Sphinx complains that we now need more '=' signs:
>
> Documentation/dev-tools/ktap.rst:3: WARNING: Title overline too short.
> ===================================================
> The Kernel Test Anything Protocol (KTAP), version 2-rc
> ===================================================

Hey Frank, you can actually use overlength lines to prevent this kind of
problem from occurring. eg, this is perfectly acceptable:

===================================================================
Hi
===================================================================

I wonder if we should prefer this style to avoid the rash of complaints
when a headline is changed.