On Tue, 2026-03-17 at 09:04 -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Manuel Ebner <[email protected]> writes:
> > remove footnote for sphinx
> > in the paragraph before the list it says:
> > "Also, not all tools are necessary on all systems;
> > obviously, if you don't have any PC Card hardware, for example,
> > you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils."
i understand this paragraph like this:
most or all tools can be optional, depending on the specific use case.
e.g. quota-tools is optional for people compiling the kernel.
that's why i removed the optional markings.
and pcmciautils, the example in the the file, is not marked as optional in
changes.rst:
====================== =============== ========================================
Program Minimal version Command to check the version
====================== =============== ========================================
[...]
pcmciautils 004 pccardctl -V
> > remove "(optional)" for the same reason as above
>
> Here you have lost some information - now the document doesn't say
> *which* tools are optional. That is, I think, not ideal.
that's true.
my question is: what are the tools optional for?
or what is the criteria for "optional"?
Manuel
