Re: CFD: linux-wanking@vger.kernel.org (was [PATCH] Standard indentation of arguments)

[Nick Andrew <nick@nick-andrew.net>]

Suggestions ...

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 01:46:28AM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> Ok, here's a first (very) rough draft of a KernelNewbieGuide document.
> It can certainly be expanded a lot and my grammar and spelling is far
> from perfect, but hey, it's a first rough draft :)

[...]

> - Go through the kernel Bugzilla (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/) and see
> if you can fix any of the many bugs filed in it. There's a metric
> butload of bugs filed in there that need attention.

"buttload"

> As far as tools go, all you really need are the tools compile the
> kernel (gcc, make etc) and a text editor to edit the source - vi,
> emacs, joe, almost anything will do fine.

"tools _to_ compile the kernel"

> Developing against anything older than the latest stable kernel is
> likely to be a waste of effort due to the rapid pace of
> development. Once you finish your patch against a several months (or
> even weeks) old kernel, your patch runs a great risk of being obsolete
> or impossible to apply (this greatly depends on the area you work on
> ofcours cince some areas change more rapidly than others, but do try

"of course, since"

> If your patch did not get applied and you recieved an ACK or some

"received"

> criticism about your patch, then your job is easy. If there's a very
> explicit rejection of the patch by the maintainer of the code with a
> good reason, then don't bother sending it again, it probably will
> never be applied. If the patch received improvement suggestions or
> other review comments, then you should create a new version of your
> patch that adresses the feedback you get and then re-submit (it's
> usually a good idea to list what stuff you've adressed when
> re-submitting).

"addressed".

I'd probably make a few grammatical changes too. When you're happy
with the content and your document is in the tree, I'll submit a
patch :-)

Nick.
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