Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 05:36:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 05:36:36 -0500 Received: from euston.inpharmatica.co.uk ([195.102.24.12]:36259 "EHLO sunsvr03.inpharmatica.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 05:36:28 -0500 Message-ID: <3C2310A4.1010004@purplet.demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 10:36:20 +0000 From: Mike Jagdis User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20011019 Netscape6/6.2 X-Accept-Language: en, fr, de MIME-Version: 1.0 To: esr@thyrsus.com CC: Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: Configure.help editorial policy In-Reply-To: <20011220143247.A19377@thyrsus.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Eric S. Raymond wrote: > I guess it's a pretty quiet week in kernel-hacker land. Must be, > otherwise people would have better things to do than argue over KB > vs. KiB. The alternative would be to conclude that significant > portions of the lkml population prefer flaming to coding, and that > couldn't possibly be the case, could it? Surely not? > However. In the *absence* of a clear consensus, I will follow best > practices. Best practice in editing a technical or standards document > is to (a) avoid ambiguous usages, seek clarity and precision; and (b) > to use, follow and reference international standards. "Best" practice? That's the *only* practice! Guesswork and assumption has no place in technical documentation! Mike - 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/