From: Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com>
To: Hugo Mills <hugo-lkml@carfax.org.uk>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] More spelling fixes: loose->lose
Date: 01 Mar 2003 16:55:26 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1046562928.7527.423.camel@spc1.mesatop.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030301202807.GA24998@carfax.org.uk>
On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 13:28, Hugo Mills wrote:
> Loose, pronounced with a soft "s", as in the word "spelling", means
> badly-fitting or vague.
>
> Lose, with a hard "s", as in the words "laser" and "is", means to
> get rid of something or mislay something.
>
> 49 occurrences of "loose" where "lose" was intended now fixed.
> Patch against vanilla 2.5.63.
>
[patch snipped]
Nice try, but I already got this (or a very similar fix) into the tree
five days ago, changeset 1.1035. Which is why I always diff against the
current tree obtained with a bk pull. If you don't want or can't use
Larry's fine product, then the bk snapshots are almost as good.
Steven
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-01 23:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-01 20:28 Hugo Mills
2003-03-01 23:55 ` Steven Cole [this message]
2003-03-02 3:11 ` jw schultz
2003-03-02 4:47 ` Steven Cole
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