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From: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@opensource.wdc.com>
To: Diego Viola <diego.viola@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ata: libata-core: fix "it's" typos
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 13:14:47 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aa410785-b9db-cb97-2fea-f24336472f98@opensource.wdc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+ToGPGVdwXgWTZFa24PDMkpXrVrpM48WAxR4U6d4D9t-k=nJQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 3/23/22 17:44, Diego Viola wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 5:17 AM Damien Le Moal
> <damien.lemoal@opensource.wdc.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 3/23/22 16:24, Diego Viola wrote:
>>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 2:53 AM Damien Le Moal
>>> <damien.lemoal@opensource.wdc.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 3/23/22 14:52, Diego Viola wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 2:45 AM Damien Le Moal
>>>>> <damien.lemoal@opensource.wdc.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3/23/22 14:40, Diego Viola wrote:
>>>>>>> Use the contraction "it's" instead of the possessive form "its".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, while at it, let's use proper formal written English, so:
>>>>>> s/it's/it is
>>>>>> s/isn't/is not
>>>>>
>>>>> Fine with me, do you want me to send you another patch with those changes?
>>>>
>>>> Yes please.
>>>
>>> I sent a v2 patch changing those things you pointed out, however, the
>>> whole comment[0] looks informal "But wait.. there's more" and I don't
>>> think replacing "it's" with "it is" achieves a lot in this case.
>>
>> :)
>>
>> Indeed. Do you want it in or can I drop it ?
> 
> Given that the language is mostly informal, I'd rather see the first
> patch applied (if that is OK with you). However, I agree with you that
> it would be nice to see formal language used, I just don't think I'm
> the right person to change all the comments in that file. :(

OK. I will look at it.

> 
> Thanks,
> Diego


-- 
Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research

  reply	other threads:[~2022-03-24  4:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-03-23  5:40 Diego Viola
2022-03-23  5:45 ` Damien Le Moal
2022-03-23  5:52   ` Diego Viola
2022-03-23  5:53     ` Damien Le Moal
2022-03-23  7:24       ` Diego Viola
2022-03-23  8:17         ` Damien Le Moal
2022-03-23  8:44           ` Diego Viola
2022-03-24  4:14             ` Damien Le Moal [this message]
2022-03-24  6:21               ` Diego Viola

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