linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 trivial 0/7] Miscellaneous Trivialities

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Message-ID: <6a1db75a9ce0483b94e4c6b2989e547b-mfwitten@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 20 Aug 2013 22:27:53 -0000
From:	Michael Witten <mfwitten@...il.com>
To:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Cc:	Jiri Kosina <trivial@...nel.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 trivial 0/7] Miscellaneous Trivialities

On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 16:20:02 -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> On 08/20/2013 11:02:42 AM, Michael Witten wrote:
>> I've been sitting on some trivial patches for a while, and I'd just
>> like to get them out of the way.
>>
>> Here is the series:
>>
>>   [1] Docs: Kconfig: For readability, offset modifiers with commas
>>   [2] Docs: Kconfig: Use consistent whitespace indentation
>>   [3] Docs: Kconfig: Clean up the radiotap documentation
>
> Not a single worthwhile change in any of those three.
>
> Excuse me:
>
> Not a single, worthwhile change, in any of those three.

Actually, your second attempt doesn't use commas properly.

In any case, this is *trivial*, miscellaneous work. I do not pretend
to be making a major contribution; this is why I sent these patches `To:'

  Jiri Kosina <TRIVIAL@...nel.org>

Other people are included as some kind of courtesy, and also so that
any change that is actually non-trivial might be caught (as with the
`hotplug' patch).

>>   [4] Docs: Kconfig: `devlopers' -> `developers'
>
> Sure, a typo, why not.

When does a series of *trivial* changes become worthwhile? What's wrong
with making refinements when it costs nothing? Must one always hide
trivial alterations inside something more substantial?

All right. I get it; you personally don't give a damn. I certainly
don't hold that against you. However, there *are* people who *do*
care about such refinements, and a nasty, condescending email
isn't going to alter our behavior.

Sincerely,
Michael Witten
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