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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Achill Gilgenast <achill@achill.org>,
	sashal@kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Achill Gilgenast <achill@achill.org>,
	Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] README: remove unnecessary comma in "System Administrator" section
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 08:46:07 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871pimqabk.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260215111156.77301-1-achill@achill.org>

Achill Gilgenast <achill@achill.org> writes:

> Commas before "and" are unnecessary if they are used in the same
> context, as it is here.
>
> Fixes: b9a565b3e4d8 ("README: restructure with role-based documentation and guidelines")
> Signed-off-by: Achill Gilgenast <achill@achill.org>
> ---
>  README | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/README b/README
> index e6549b2a7aac..947265bc64ac 100644
> --- a/README
> +++ b/README
> @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Maintain and stabilize kernel versions:
>  System Administrator
>  --------------------
>  
> -Configure, tune, and troubleshoot Linux systems:
> +Configure, tune and troubleshoot Linux systems:

This is basic Oxford comma usage, and not something that needs to be
fixed in the kernel documentation.

Thanks,

jon

      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-15 15:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-15 11:11 [PATCH] README: remove unnecessary comma in "System Administrator" section Achill Gilgenast
2026-02-15 13:11 ` Sasha Levin
2026-02-15 17:40   ` Randy Dunlap
2026-02-15 15:46 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]

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