Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751589Ab3HTWea (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:34:30 -0400 Received: from mail-qa0-f41.google.com ([209.85.216.41]:42443 "EHLO mail-qa0-f41.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751105Ab3HTWe3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:34:29 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 trivial 0/7] Miscellaneous Trivialities Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 22:27:53 -0000 From: Michael Witten To: Rob Landley Cc: Jiri Kosina , Randy Dunlap , David Airlie , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <6a1db75a9ce0483b94e4c6b2989e547b-mfwitten@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1377033602.2737.81@driftwood> References: <4cd8ab80726c43cf90243970c20f50ef-mfwitten@gmail.com> <1377033602.2737.81@driftwood> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1743 Lines: 48 On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 16:20:02 -0500, Rob Landley wrote: > On 08/20/2013 11:02:42 AM, Michael Witten wrote: >> I've been sitting on some trivial patches for a while, and I'd just >> like to get them out of the way. >> >> Here is the series: >> >> [1] Docs: Kconfig: For readability, offset modifiers with commas >> [2] Docs: Kconfig: Use consistent whitespace indentation >> [3] Docs: Kconfig: Clean up the radiotap documentation > > Not a single worthwhile change in any of those three. > > Excuse me: > > Not a single, worthwhile change, in any of those three. Actually, your second attempt doesn't use commas properly. In any case, this is *trivial*, miscellaneous work. I do not pretend to be making a major contribution; this is why I sent these patches `To:' Jiri Kosina Other people are included as some kind of courtesy, and also so that any change that is actually non-trivial might be caught (as with the `hotplug' patch). >> [4] Docs: Kconfig: `devlopers' -> `developers' > > Sure, a typo, why not. When does a series of *trivial* changes become worthwhile? What's wrong with making refinements when it costs nothing? Must one always hide trivial alterations inside something more substantial? All right. I get it; you personally don't give a damn. I certainly don't hold that against you. However, there *are* people who *do* care about such refinements, and a nasty, condescending email isn't going to alter our behavior. Sincerely, Michael Witten -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/