From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on archive.lwn.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by archive.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 856687D2F0 for ; Fri, 7 Jun 2019 17:43:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730029AbfFGRn0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jun 2019 13:43:26 -0400 Received: from smtp2-4.goneo.de ([85.220.129.36]:55093 "EHLO smtp2-4.goneo.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728684AbfFGRn0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jun 2019 13:43:26 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp2.goneo.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 589D023F6F6; Fri, 7 Jun 2019 19:43:23 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: by goneo Received: from smtp2.goneo.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp2.goneo.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id D8uN15LMcBEP; Fri, 7 Jun 2019 19:43:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.1.127] (dyndsl-091-096-214-241.ewe-ip-backbone.de [91.96.214.241]) by smtp2.goneo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 13FE923F6EE; Fri, 7 Jun 2019 19:43:22 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux: README: reduced README size by 1 byte by removing unnecessary space character To: Alex , paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, trivial@kernel.org, Aaron A Montoya References: <20190607055917.17040-1-awaitingvictory@gmail.com> From: Markus Heiser Message-ID: Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2019 19:43:21 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190607055917.17040-1-awaitingvictory@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: de-DE Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Am 07.06.19 um 07:59 schrieb Alex: > From: Aaron A Montoya > > On line 9 of the README there is an unnecessary extra space character, > after the period, that adds 1 byte of size to the file. By removing the > unnecessary space, Linux downloads will be 1 byte smaller and therefor be > faster to download and take up less space on a user's system, all while > correcting a sentence structure issue. This change is one of the few > optimizations with practically no downsides, besides taking time out > of the hardworking Linux maintainers day to implement the change. > Remove extra space after the period on line 9 of the README. > Commit 0619770a02a30834 ("Removed unnecessary space character from README") > best joke today but wrong in two ways ;) 1. size matter? The commit (-message) adds to more bytes to the repo ;) 2. Be correct formated? The extra Space is for 'sentence spacing' [1] e.g. emacs text modes are formating such spacing. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_spacing -- Markus --