From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (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 3AEB54A0EED; Thu, 3 Sep 2026 13:03:19 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1788440605; cv=none; b=nnJJd+ggwbmIsEiXho5Fmb4rC6FBtn1MD0ZrFuBFiELeiaj4LSwAwM+VxKJdYxPPLknl8pV+B22HOAoFkZo/+LmuH1Eyx0gY1X1OkpxRO+NzwGnGNKRiHdZpj+fbaXrS/jTo5Z/07X6htROyA3Nsz1b+YTWyfxKKYj7BIccdCdw= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1788440605; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Td1Urn08V4hMFoUy9hxq0Ce9TBdbXzM8BC2rJ140rSg=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=Fh0bg2EebSoGzMQN4RM5JecAz5MEQYiWvmYJhHGB/meg57brZwexSZMA/17s0f9NG0Q/sWTSy15i3ZUlWNqCbcCO7JCjyYhn5l2IynmM7khqWK/0r+LcpJU5vs9l2/UjavjCnahguXfqY3dU71Yqa8ZV84Bk6oc96wZwH08Jx9A= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=JftMvfMo; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="JftMvfMo" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 2F5D6408D3 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1788440589; bh=gZWVL+as3sL0i38cJG3S0neGMCKfaDMHpJ+EGysOhnw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=JftMvfMohUf8pIgHrEcmN03l2LAS3CUSxRX2tJ9Kd+P6Z0V0LH5T9D4Wbbaxdpm94 7v3/Gb4/xKKzH/ZZLBDyMBlJ36AwJUO7Sj7lrOzGwHTONeFlD8gwQOVxvjTEavAHon h+uHbbW2x7CuW6fTXRquZt+EfPrGtZWtBcGgLOIUkS3E9zrVXaLQ0pcBOyxus78KOf xQB8bhxHR5B6q3zkaK468T4QQ1mJdxIEznqU3m3922yRza2j1lTEOB04MKqR4KRNyB WNvh6buydXGmsRpmo2RsTJONinyiN3LQYGPXmCvUzWOup7PqK844pnbbL5dICh6V87 A7CESBdSeVmZg== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:4600:814::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2F5D6408D3; Thu, 3 Sep 2026 13:03:09 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Thorsten Leemhuis , Manuel Ebner , Shuah Khan , Randy Dunlap Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs: verify/bisect: fix typos In-Reply-To: References: <20260902115121.687986-2-manuelebnerli@mailbox.org> <101613e024851e419e2e19c433a50044ed75b466.camel@mailbox.org> Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:03:08 -0600 Message-ID: <87zexy7aib.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Thorsten Leemhuis 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