From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD, STOX_REPLY_TYPE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEBD42047F for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2017 21:05:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752612AbdHAVFD (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Aug 2017 17:05:03 -0400 Received: from smtp-out-1.talktalk.net ([62.24.135.65]:30089 "EHLO smtp-out-1.talktalk.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752434AbdHAVE7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Aug 2017 17:04:59 -0400 Received: from PhilipOakley ([92.31.218.76]) by smtp.talktalk.net with SMTP id ceLZd7qaYiSHaceLZdwRhE; Tue, 01 Aug 2017 22:04:58 +0100 X-Originating-IP: [92.31.218.76] X-Spam: 0 X-OAuthority: v=2.2 cv=UoATD64B c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=e6L6E7eW+5Nb7SO+DvSdIg==:117 a=e6L6E7eW+5Nb7SO+DvSdIg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=1XWaLZrsAAAA:8 a=8pif782wAAAA:8 a=c7ilj0-msUgvWlr3NIgA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 Message-ID: Reply-To: "Philip Oakley" From: "Philip Oakley" To: "Stefan Beller" , "Kaartic Sivaraam" Cc: "Junio C Hamano" , References: <8256C530C7DE43D7BC72BFB327DF4726@PhilipOakley> <20170730161816.2412-1-kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] doc: fix small issues in SubmittingPatches Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2017 22:04:57 +0100 Organization: OPDS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 170801-4, 01/08/2017), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfLnk4FfVw0W/kUURH6UtYULd60p7wk12XmZg3QoTqcSIgJtfsTkTHnmh+0n7bAznkPdsc8bFIlcdqAL4VV/ijVQl84lWMr8tvj0qelP6FB9W2PUloqbi RSmZXWRU/zyeguHF4zG2Uo/PLiWaAqKLN+mCZtSon6dV9tFCm9nEWsGbxzPvtRg7yenfbA1w76TwwKuRmLpwqF0DiMt1/BU2+w+G1NcgkBnoOuG9R6jCHeks yLfarFbggr/UNiNKpJodlOfLcQXJ9SnBVFTWIKKPNAI= Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org From: "Stefan Beller" >> Further, remove duplicated space character. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_spacing > seems like a globally controversial thing. (I assumed > it was some sort of local dialect before researching > it properly) > > I personally do not mind one way or another regarding > (double) spaces after a period, but I would think we'd > strive for consistency throughout the project. > The use of double spaces was a taught typing technique as recently as the early-mid 1980s when my wife did a UK university postgraduate secretarial course. This was just before PC word processing took off. It takes a long while for the old ways to die off! -- Philip