linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] linux: README: reduced README size by 1 byte by removing unnecessary space character

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Message-ID: <d210b4ec-eacf-b521-9e9b-e3d61a70a5fa@darmarit.de>
Date:   Fri, 7 Jun 2019 19:43:21 +0200
From:   Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@...marit.de>
To:     Alex <awaitingvictory@...il.com>, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        trivial@...nel.org, Aaron A Montoya <aaron.a.montoya@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux: README: reduced README size by 1 byte by removing
 unnecessary space character


Am 07.06.19 um 07:59 schrieb Alex:
> From: Aaron A Montoya <aaron.a.montoya@...il.com>
> 
> On line 9 of the README there is an unnecessary extra space character,
> after the period, that adds 1 byte of size to the file. By removing the
> unnecessary space, Linux downloads will be 1 byte smaller and therefor be
> faster to download and take up less space on a user's system, all while
> correcting a sentence structure issue. This change is one of the few
> optimizations with practically no downsides, besides taking time out
> of the hardworking Linux maintainers day to implement the change.
> Remove extra space after the period on line 9 of the README.
> Commit 0619770a02a30834 ("Removed unnecessary space character from README")
> 

best joke today but wrong in two ways ;)

1. size matter? The commit (-message) adds to more bytes to the repo ;)
2. Be correct formated?  The extra Space is for 'sentence spacing' [1]
    e.g. emacs text modes are formating such spacing.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_spacing

-- Markus --