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A quick 'grep "5\.x" . -R' on Documentation shows that README.rst, 2.Process.rst and applying-patches.rst all mention the version number "5.x" for kernel releases. As the next release will be version 6.0, updating the version number to 6.x in README.rst seems reasonable. The description in 2.Process.rst is just a description of recent kernel releases, it was last updated in the beginning of 2020, and can be revisited at any time on a regular basis, independent of changing the version number from 5 to 6. So, there is no need to update this document now when transitioning from 5.x to 6.x numbering. The document applying-patches.rst is probably obsolete for most users anyway, a reader will sufficiently well understand the steps, even it mentions version 5 rather than version 6. So, do not update that to a version 6.x numbering scheme. Update version number from 5.x to 6.x in README.rst only. Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220824080836.23087-1-lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.