linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SElinux: Fix some typos.

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Date:	Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:23:28 -0700
From:	"Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SElinux: Fix some typos.

James Morris wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jul 2009, Justin P. Mattock wrote:
>
>    
>> No I will not be afraid of submitting patches, and having them be rejected.
>> all part of the learning curve.
>>      
>
> I'd suggest generally not starting out with spelling, grammatical and
> formatting patches.  It eats reviewer bandwidth, perturbs the codebase
> (causing people working on it to have to update their code) and does not
> give you as much opportunity to to learn about the code.
>
>    
No my intentions were not to eat reviewer bandwidth, or get in the way.
just turned out as I was going through(for example) hooks.c I noticed a 
portion of it
had proper grammar, and then a portion of it seemed as if the author was too
much in a hurry to worry about that.(so I figured hey why not, that's all).
> Try fixing smaller, known bugs or adding small useful changes.
>
> The TODO list for the SELinux kernel code is here:
> http://selinuxproject.org/page/Kernel_Development
>
>    
Thanks for this, Ill have to give this a look and see.

> You can also email the maintainers and ask for suggestions on what to
> tackle.
>
>
> - James
>    
alright James,
Thanks for taking the time
next time I decide to have a major case of
OCD, I'll remember that creating churn is not
a good idea.

Justin P. Mattock
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