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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>,
	Manuel Ebner <manuelebnerli@mailbox.org>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs: verify/bisect: fix typos
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:03:08 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zexy7aib.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e93cd824-4115-4bc1-a702-04f92794924e@leemhuis.info>

Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> writes:

> On 9/3/26 10:22, Manuel Ebner wrote:
>> On Wed, 2026-09-02 at 18:30 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>>> On 9/2/26 13:51, Manuel Ebner wrote:
>
>>> For typos and grammar fixes there is not much to say, so maybe just
>>> state that; but you might want to look at a few recent changes in
>>> Documentation/ to see how other developers approach a situation like this.
>> 
>> That's a good idea. I did only find slightly more verbose than mine, eg:
>>> Fix 'hay attention' -> 'pay attention' in file.rst
>> or
>>> Replace "an a few" with "and a few" in
>>> Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/zoran.rst.
>
> Yeah, maybe that slipped thought; and if it's just one or two fixes
> okayish, but after that a vague "Fix a few typos/mistakes/grammer
> issues" becomes better I'd say, unless there is something more to tell.
> Hopefully Jonathan agrees with this.

I do; repeating the specific typo fixes in the changelog is just
redundant.  As always, the changelog should focus on the *why* of the
change.

jon

      reply	other threads:[~2026-09-03 13:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-02 11:51 [PATCH v2] docs: verify/bisect: fix typos Manuel Ebner
2026-09-02 16:30 ` Thorsten Leemhuis
2026-09-03  8:22   ` Manuel Ebner
2026-09-03  8:38     ` Thorsten Leemhuis
2026-09-03 13:03       ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]

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