Re: [openstack-dev] [qa] Policy on spelling and grammar

2013-11-11 Thread Clint Byrum
Excerpts from David Kranz's message of 2013-11-11 09:58:59 -0800: I have seen a wide variety of -1'ing (and in many cases approving) patches for minor spelling or grammatical errors and think we need a policy about this. Given the large number of contributors for whom English is not their

Re: [openstack-dev] [qa] Policy on spelling and grammar

2013-11-11 Thread Collins, Sean (Contractor)
As long as the -1's include a correction that can be copied and pasted, I think they're OK. I know I would be grateful if someone were to proofread my work, if I had to document in a second-language. -- Sean M. Collins ___ OpenStack-dev mailing list

Re: [openstack-dev] [qa] Policy on spelling and grammar

2013-11-11 Thread Gary Kotton
I am in favor/favour of the -1 with suggestions on what to change. The more input we can provide on a review the better. Thanks Gary On 11/11/13 8:21 PM, Collins, Sean (Contractor) sean_colli...@cable.comcast.com wrote: As long as the -1's include a correction that can be copied and pasted, I

Re: [openstack-dev] [qa] Policy on spelling and grammar

2013-11-11 Thread Ben Nemec
On 2013-11-11 12:19, Clint Byrum wrote: Excerpts from David Kranz's message of 2013-11-11 09:58:59 -0800: I have seen a wide variety of -1'ing (and in many cases approving) patches for minor spelling or grammatical errors and think we need a policy about this. Given the large number of

Re: [openstack-dev] [qa] Policy on spelling and grammar

2013-11-11 Thread Ben Nemec
On 2013-11-11 12:21, Collins, Sean (Contractor) wrote: As long as the -1's include a correction that can be copied and pasted, I think they're OK. I know I would be grateful if someone were to proofread my work, if I had to document in a second-language. +1 to this as well. I figure that as

Re: [openstack-dev] [qa] Policy on spelling and grammar

2013-11-11 Thread James Slagle
-1 from me as well. When I first started with OpenStack, I probably would have agreed with letting small grammar mistakes and typos slide by. However, I now feel that getting commit messages right is more important. Also keep in mind that with small grammar mistakes, the intent may be obvious

Re: [openstack-dev] [qa] Policy on spelling and grammar

2013-11-11 Thread Jay S Bryant
From: Clint Byrum cl...@fewbar.com To: openstack-dev openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org, Date: 11/11/2013 12:21 PM Subject:Re: [openstack-dev] [qa] Policy on spelling and grammar Excerpts from David Kranz's message of 2013-11-11 09:58:59 -0800

Re: [openstack-dev] [qa] Policy on spelling and grammar

2013-11-11 Thread John Griffith
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 2:49 AM, James Slagle james.sla...@gmail.com wrote: -1 from me as well. When I first started with OpenStack, I probably would have agreed with letting small grammar mistakes and typos slide by. However, I now feel that getting commit messages right is more important.

Re: [openstack-dev] [qa] Policy on spelling and grammar

2013-11-11 Thread Tim Bell
: [openstack-dev] [qa] Policy on spelling and grammar On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 2:49 AM, James Slagle james.sla...@gmail.com wrote: -1 from me as well. When I first started with OpenStack, I probably would have agreed with letting small grammar mistakes and typos slide by. However, I now

Re: [openstack-dev] [qa] Policy on spelling and grammar

2013-11-11 Thread Christopher Armstrong
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Clint Byrum cl...@fewbar.com wrote: Excerpts from David Kranz's message of 2013-11-11 09:58:59 -0800: I have seen a wide variety of -1'ing (and in many cases approving) patches for minor spelling or grammatical errors and think we need a policy about this.

Re: [openstack-dev] [qa] Policy on spelling and grammar

2013-11-11 Thread Joe Gordon
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 6:19 AM, Sean Dague s...@dague.net wrote: On 11/11/2013 02:28 PM, Tim Bell wrote: As a speaker of the Queen's English, I find flavor to be incorrect. Does that mean I can -1 any patch that does not use flavour ? At CERN, we are working with 130 countries in a

Re: [openstack-dev] [qa] Policy on spelling and grammar

2013-11-11 Thread Christopher Yeoh
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 6:24 AM, Ben Nemec openst...@nemebean.com wrote: On 2013-11-11 13:28, Tim Bell wrote: As a speaker of the Queen's English, I find flavor to be incorrect. Does that mean I can -1 any patch that does not use flavour ? At CERN, we are working with 130 countries in a

Re: [openstack-dev] [qa] Policy on spelling and grammar

2013-11-11 Thread Christopher Yeoh
-Original Message- From: John Griffith [mailto:john.griff...@solidfire.com] Sent: 11 November 2013 20:03 To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] [qa] Policy on spelling and grammar On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 2:49 AM, James Slagle james.sla

Re: [openstack-dev] [qa] Policy on spelling and grammar

2013-11-11 Thread Clint Byrum
Excerpts from Sean Dague's message of 2013-11-11 14:19:41 -0800: On 11/11/2013 02:28 PM, Tim Bell wrote: As a speaker of the Queen's English, I find flavor to be incorrect. Does that mean I can -1 any patch that does not use flavour ? At CERN, we are working with 130 countries in a

Re: [openstack-dev] [qa] Policy on spelling and grammar

2013-11-11 Thread Clay Gerrard
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:02 AM, John Griffith john.griff...@solidfire.com wrote: Seems to me there's a middle ground here, but honestly if you're value add to the review process is catching grammatical or spelling errors in comments and commit messages I'd argue that in most cases it would