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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:17:23 -0500
From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
To: Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com>
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Subject: Re: Those ruddy punctuation fixes
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On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 11:16:07PM -0800, Dan Kegel wrote:
> Or is the hubub really about something else?  Like people
> just hate the whole idea, and wish it would go away,
> and don't really want to discuss it rationally?

Spelling fixes are annoying ways to break patches that provide no 
user visible value.  It also detracts from the character of the 
code: who wants "drain brammage" to be replaced with "brain dammage"?

		-ben
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