[TYPO 0/9] Several spellings and punctuations in Documentation

[TYPO 0/9] Several spellings and punctuations in Documentation

[Markus Osterhoff]

While reading some documentation to get acquainted with the Linux kernel
development, I encountered some spelling and punctuation, erm, mutants
that are addressed in this patch-set.

Patches are based on v3.17-rc1.

Since this is my first patch, any comments on style and email are
welcome.

Markus Osterhoff (9):
  [typo] spelling, punctuation in main README file
  [typo] MAINTAINERS: redundant full stop removed
  [typo] REPORTING-BUGS
  [typo] COPYING: form feeds removed
  [typo] CREDITS: capitalisation, punctuation
  [typo] Doc/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt: several spellings
  [typo] Doc/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt: sentence structure
  [typo] Doc/CodingStyle, BUG-HUNTING, 00-INDEX
  [typo] spelling, punctuation in Documentation/...

 COPYING                                   | 10 +++++-----
 CREDITS                                   |  4 ++--
 Documentation/00-INDEX                    |  4 ++--
 Documentation/BUG-HUNTING                 | 10 +++++-----
 Documentation/CodingStyle                 |  8 ++++----
 Documentation/HOWTO                       | 22 +++++++++++-----------
 Documentation/ManagementStyle             | 16 ++++++++--------
 Documentation/SecurityBugs                |  2 +-
 Documentation/SubmittingPatches           |  4 ++--
 Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt | 18 +++++++++---------
 MAINTAINERS                               |  2 +-
 README                                    |  4 ++--
 REPORTING-BUGS                            |  4 ++--
 13 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)

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1.8.5.5

Re: [TYPO 0/9] Several spellings and punctuations in Documentation

[Randy Dunlap]

On 08/17/14 11:29, Markus Osterhoff wrote:
> While reading some documentation to get acquainted with the Linux kernel
> development, I encountered some spelling and punctuation, erm, mutants
> that are addressed in this patch-set.
> 
> Patches are based on v3.17-rc1.
> 
> Since this is my first patch, any comments on style and email are
> welcome.

Hi Markus,

It would be nice (but not strictly required) for patches 1-9 to be
replies to (or references to) patch 0.
git-send-email can do this; see --thread.

> Markus Osterhoff (9):
>   [typo] spelling, punctuation in main README file
>   [typo] MAINTAINERS: redundant full stop removed
>   [typo] REPORTING-BUGS
>   [typo] COPYING: form feeds removed
>   [typo] CREDITS: capitalisation, punctuation
>   [typo] Doc/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt: several spellings
>   [typo] Doc/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt: sentence structure
>   [typo] Doc/CodingStyle, BUG-HUNTING, 00-INDEX
>   [typo] spelling, punctuation in Documentation/...

Patches should have a Subject: like
[PATCH 1/9] README: fix spelling and punctuation in main README file

I would prefer for these to all go thru the trivial patch maintainer:
Jiri Kosina <trivial@kernel.org>

That would involve adding the word "trivial" somewhere in the Subject line,
like (e.g.)
[PATCH 1/9 trivial] README: fix spelling and punctuation in main README file
or
[PATCH 1/9] trivial: fix spelling and punctuation in main README file


I can ack patches 1-3 and 5-8:
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>


Thanks.

> 
>  COPYING                                   | 10 +++++-----
>  CREDITS                                   |  4 ++--
>  Documentation/00-INDEX                    |  4 ++--
>  Documentation/BUG-HUNTING                 | 10 +++++-----
>  Documentation/CodingStyle                 |  8 ++++----
>  Documentation/HOWTO                       | 22 +++++++++++-----------
>  Documentation/ManagementStyle             | 16 ++++++++--------
>  Documentation/SecurityBugs                |  2 +-
>  Documentation/SubmittingPatches           |  4 ++--
>  Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt | 18 +++++++++---------
>  MAINTAINERS                               |  2 +-
>  README                                    |  4 ++--
>  REPORTING-BUGS                            |  4 ++--
>  13 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
> 


-- 
~Randy