From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BB41F1448D5; Tue, 12 May 2026 00:41:47 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.137.202.133 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1778546512; cv=none; b=rjpYEV4r4K8zYCyKviPOjYyk361FBKP6oDOxSs1ItYeNkEWXukD6VkY8blc19G597EMLOQBOS35lfD3dpvqw3Pl496/napnNc93T1SnmXp50Z5McsH3a/t6YrrDhhTO1L9SmWMKIkkjb+6XQSJtwr7dwL3n7VYCW2R/J9FjucpE= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1778546512; c=relaxed/simple; bh=0hrtRatEghju+sqm+8Dm+/qxqz1yrj9zD2HDt7M5Q34=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:Cc:References:From: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=gaiSdMqQucPuYAWOQTDf1v28bv2YI+w19lQQV4lsh9rnQezIagRlGMg4tPOy8N0Ry1aOfDUrrAbXwTTqb7w9epAV/o0g5FACN2T25Qj0sHHSGPhftqMhigG83FBJQ7r4KFNi7bjfUinZDEXhd36rrx1mr/oSuiFWzZCQMPgG3wQ= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=infradead.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b=wCT2lK0q; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.137.202.133 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=infradead.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="wCT2lK0q" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type:In-Reply-To:From:References:Cc:To:Subject:MIME-Version:Date: Message-ID:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=rTjHniORfsxQ/3vdtbZ0N++LXk2AYxoCF4rHr4yn62E=; b=wCT2lK0qPXpmjHbW56ARFkJL85 BZnk7a/UYQ22dQ62OEZfG9dD8A3Kj+RbDDFUD7inymTjNUKre6jRI6EcF9V5Wri26qbnB3AFM0e3r 5XYF1Rke3YWm3uMDnh//vM7B8N7p+NdzGW/IJmNusRsxTFKG9dxb+z5FbYbUmP1FZMKfq5SpXAl8C dIZkqAsclvYATPcz6a5u4RWdDALbLRmUrh7NlIByU5OpnbSGSx6sU2aSeOcxaVrvRV7cxfn8G1rmF hTktg39GpY16iohJTdH2qV3cgoJwYW/dwTCDhUPOPAqmREa6BWC9ivcBJx2kdIf/Hwn8HaJ8bOR72 KGo9BDsQ==; Received: from [50.53.43.113] (helo=[192.168.254.34]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtpsa (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wMbBy-0000000F6Z2-1nAH; Tue, 12 May 2026 00:41:46 +0000 Message-ID: <7db90c80-aa91-4643-8cea-45b7f8284c7d@infradead.org> Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 17:41:44 -0700 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: fix spelling of Shepherd in howto To: Chen-Shi-Hong , corbet@lwn.net Cc: skhan@linuxfoundation.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20260512000946.3234-1-eric039eric@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Randy Dunlap In-Reply-To: <20260512000946.3234-1-eric039eric@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, On 5/11/26 5:09 PM, Chen-Shi-Hong wrote: > Correct the spelling of "Shepherd" in the acknowledgements section of > Documentation/process/howto.rst. How do you know that the last name is misspelled? I found email from "Alex Shepard" on lore.kernel.org/all/ but none from Alex Shepherd. https://lore.kernel.org/all/1137702713.3205.43.camel@athena.sea.amer.gettywan.com/ Names can often be spelled many ways. > Signed-off-by: Chen-Shi-Hong > --- > Documentation/process/howto.rst | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst > index 9438e03d6f50..edf4412de112 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst > @@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ Huizenga for some of the list of things you should and should not say. > Also thanks to Pat Mochel, Hanna Linder, Randy Dunlap, Kay Sievers, > Vojtech Pavlik, Jan Kara, Josh Boyer, Kees Cook, Andrew Morton, Andi > Kleen, Vadim Lobanov, Jesper Juhl, Adrian Bunk, Keri Harris, Frans Pop, > -David A. Wheeler, Junio Hamano, Michael Kerrisk, and Alex Shepard for > +David A. Wheeler, Junio Hamano, Michael Kerrisk, and Alex Shepherd for > their review, comments, and contributions. Without their help, this > document would not have been possible. > > > base-commit: 5d6919055dec134de3c40167a490f33c74c12581 -- ~Randy