From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta1.migadu.com (out-11.mta1.migadu.com [95.215.58.11]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 11ECB4F6492 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2026 17:28:16 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=95.215.58.11 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1788456499; cv=none; b=gAMOG5ZysqbuAE3uKHFl7ddTu2mAMRVa5mFg6Spsr6HzV/6hgt4H08YLGwpboHIaAN0xSIMqbiIxEKG9KC7xM/h1QnQf36FgraVD0+xW5Ed0672SIABb5O838JXWi5eHB7PHiAysxLepcCQTtnK61ELD3vCJOjV+KNTyLx3pX0I= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1788456499; c=relaxed/simple; bh=JtW4XNewlQP0rGt/iIRbX7XZ+9XZjitvRrOIdxi5Kkw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=I9D4lgghSls+i2CcvGMnSZE+pMqPg8YKaM3DUOX4AsKNcSfH6a0jIzJOLd9iOSfyVDThsTV94LeV7z7j81g3XKNV9pBrQ1+TRtB4tQBRwehfmf+kXSNnNFvUAt64T/CRQ3YqzrjW3b28wqNCT+pA/WXR/JwSme0zqhV5atCw0LE= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=wyuan.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=wyuan.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=wyuan.org header.i=@wyuan.org header.b=g2bp5M0o; arc=none smtp.client-ip=95.215.58.11 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=wyuan.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=wyuan.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=wyuan.org header.i=@wyuan.org header.b="g2bp5M0o" X-Envelope-To: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; bh=JtW4XNewlQP0rGt/iIRbX7XZ+9XZjitvRrOIdxi5Kkw=; c=simple/simple; d=wyuan.org; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; s=key1; t=1788456494; v=1; x=1789061294; b=g2bp5M0oQ0lA9rhhL1E14IzrFCo5ZSzbZiotDE9yXHnJR3tGXXn68HHbrxaZJY+LO2MrWri+ vPPnH2xxTh0qnblovv4EPC40wLndf1lA5XagKU+1FZhEw0HO5n2nDq+/nUWOXYmhzjx4LmQImaz uYll14/Boi53Q3j4LB+W1+/g8Bl0hhWvvtNG4Mj/BMuYTDTyOZCj9cQTADPDnO0COSU8yUezNsW QyRmQFtuvHC6wFV7eUf5rRkMxTz92ZKaF3y0r/AaQAY3D0KWJ2o7mmoLZXZHWA8sY3smaaoKUIT 2f1smkmF7mPs8MlritygWrikU1iFGbtlI1d8YOW6Hk/xw== X-Envelope-To: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Received: by smtp.migadu.com with ESMTPS id 52b8783e6dd8479a; Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:28:04 +0000 X-Mizu-Trace-ID: 52b8783e6dd8479a X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_OUT Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 01:26:26 +0800 From: Weijie Yuan To: Laurent Pinchart Cc: Nguyen Duc Thinh , Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan , Randy Dunlap , workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Documentation: process: Clean up grammar, tone, Message-ID: References: <20260902084430.17248-1-ducthinh100812@gmail.com> <20260903125454.GA541154@killaraus.ideasonboard.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260903125454.GA541154@killaraus.ideasonboard.com> On Thu, Sep 03, 2026 at 03:54:54PM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 02, 2026 at 03:43:58PM +0700, Nguyen Duc Thinh wrote: > > > This patch series performs a thorough pass across several files > > > in the Linux kernel process documentation directory. The primary focus > > > is to improve readability and maintain a professional tone throughout > > > the guides for a global developer audience. > > > > > > Core changes include: > > > - Expanding conversational contractions (e.g., "don't" to "do not"). > > > > Is this necessary? I'm not sure. > > It seems a bit pointless to me. Contractions will creep back in as > patches are merged. We would need e documentation editor in charge of > ensuring a consistent style, and I think the documentation maintainers > have far better things to do. Agreed. I think contractions are fine as they are. (?) And I do not see a need to expand them. > > > - Rectifying minor punctuation oversights and grammatical typos. > > > - Standardizing terminology formatting to elevate professional voice. For these two points, it's a little bit painful to find other types of modifications among numerous "which/that". ;-) Thanks.