On Dec 21 2007 17:56, Herbert Xu wrote:
>>
>> I do not believe "opinions" are relevant here. Relevant would be cites
>> from respected style guides (Fowlers, Oxford Guide To Style et al.) to
>> show they do not need a full stop.
>>
>> I've not found one, but I am open to references.
>
>Well from where I come from, full stops are only used for complete
>sentences.
>[...]
>As to what is a complete sentence, that is debatable. However,
>typically it would include a subject and a predicate. By this
>rule the following line is not a complete sentence:
>
> [XFS] Initialise current offset in xfs_file_readdir correctly
>
>The reason is that it lacks a subject.
"current offset" is your subject.
But I would tend to agree to "(most) kernel messages are not sentences."
Actually, I see it a bit different: (most) kernel messages are more like an
itemized list of what has been done/is going to be done. A *list*!
* water
* flour
* salt
* yeast or baking powder
* dough (obviously)
(I'm a programmer, not a cook.) Would you really add a fullstop?
>Of course I would completely agree that some kernel messages
>are complete sentences and should have a full stop.
+1. Those kernel messages which clearly have two or more sentences
obviously have sentences. ("If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq".)
Can we get back to programming?
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