Re: [PATCH 18-rc2] Fix typos in /Documentation : 'D'-'E'

Randy Dunlap
2006-07-22T22:36:03Z

> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 15:25:51 -0700
> "Randy Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > > This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. This patch
> > addresses some words starting with the letters 'D'-'E'.
> > >
> > > The patch came in on the large side (+600 lines), so I'm placing the
> > diff on the web for download rather than pasting it here. Download:
> > > http://www.cyberdogtech.com/download/doc3-de.diff
> >
> > A 32 KB patch isn't considered terribly large for lkml. For review
> > purposes, we had rather see patches inline in email instead of as
> > attachments or as URLs. (Yes, I have posted URLs of patches when
> > they were 200 KB, e.g.)
> >
> > I posted a patch for many corrections to relayfs.txt a few days
> > ago, including the change from you.
> >
> > All of the corrections look good to me.
> >
> > ---
> > ~Randy
>
> I was going by http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/#s4-1 which
recommends +500 lines as "large". I'll put the patch inline below for
convenience.

Touche. :)

The FAQ needs to be updated. Last I heard, Richard Gooch wasn't
ready to hand it off to anyone else, but he wasn't updating it either.
Time for a change IMO.

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~Randy