Weijie Yuan <[email protected]> writes: > On Thu, Sep 03, 2026 at 03:54:54PM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote: >> > On Wed, Sep 02, 2026 at 03:43:58PM +0700, Nguyen Duc Thinh wrote: >> > > This patch series performs a thorough pass across several files >> > > in the Linux kernel process documentation directory. The primary focus >> > > is to improve readability and maintain a professional tone throughout >> > > the guides for a global developer audience. >> > > >> > > Core changes include: >> > > - Expanding conversational contractions (e.g., "don't" to "do not"). >> > >> > Is this necessary? I'm not sure. >> >> It seems a bit pointless to me. Contractions will creep back in as >> patches are merged. We would need e documentation editor in charge of >> ensuring a consistent style, and I think the documentation maintainers >> have far better things to do. > > Agreed. I think contractions are fine as they are. (?) And I do not see > a need to expand them. > >> > > - Rectifying minor punctuation oversights and grammatical typos. >> > > - Standardizing terminology formatting to elevate professional voice. > > For these two points, it's a little bit painful to find other types of > modifications among numerous "which/that". ;-)
I have to agree with all of that; I don't see merging this series as it is now. We have so many documentation problems, and this sort of churn just does not address any of them. Thanks, jon
