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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Matt LaPlante <laplam@rpi.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, zippel@linux-m68k.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kconfig: Typos in fs/Kconfig
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:59:15 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1151618356.23785.53.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060629131537.49617197.laplam@rpi.edu>

> ^Both are reverted.  I can honestly say I'm in no way attempting to
> Americanise/Americanize the files or the kernel...I've intentionally
> passed by all the spellings I found to be valid in either Engish
> (Colour/Color, -ise vs -ize for example).  My reference dictionaries,
> which I will be changing now, were apparently more biased than I
> thought (they did support *some* british english).  English is
> complicated enough on either side of the pond, and when you combine
> the two you've got a whole new source of chaos and confusion.  I'm
> just trying to correct real mistakes, and I appologize if I err along
> the way.

Things like "journal[l]ing" are hard as there is no real way answer. No
need to apologi[sz]e either, I'm just trying to help verify them.


> 

Looks good


      reply	other threads:[~2006-06-29 21:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-06-29  6:00 [PATCH] Kconfig: Typos in fs/Kconfig Matt LaPlante
2006-06-29  7:20 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-06-29  7:24   ` Matt LaPlante
2006-06-29 12:09 ` Alan Cox
2006-06-29 17:15   ` Matt LaPlante
2006-06-29 21:59     ` Alan Cox [this message]

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