From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Steven Davis <goldside000@outlook.com>
Cc: corbet@lwn.net, workflows@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: maintainer: Improve grammar in mailing list participation section
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 08:50:17 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240903085017.6dadfd4d@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ2P223MB1026BD1839CFD474395FACDEF7932@SJ2P223MB1026.NAMP223.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 11:19:25 -0400 Steven Davis wrote:
> In the section "Mailing list participation", the first few
> lines had grammatical errors and overall was not clear.
Not clear in what way?
> I fixed this by adding "The" before "Linux kernel" and
> specifying that the mailing list is for developers.
That's not correct, the mailing lists are for all sorts of
communication, not limited to developers.
Ack for adding the missing definite article but please don't
"clarify" the text in ways which make it less correct.
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