linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 5/5] maintainer-pgp-guide: minor wording tweaks

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Message-ID: <7107b5c5-d392-db1f-d5cb-6cae638c0b31@infradead.org>
Date:   Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:55:45 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 5/5] maintainer-pgp-guide: minor wording tweaks



On 7/28/22 13:57, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> Tweak some wording to remove redundant information or fix spacing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst
> index 2ce38e5d547d..ea74c87d09d8 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst
> @@ -265,9 +265,7 @@ home, such as your bank vault.
>      Your printer is probably no longer a simple dumb device connected to
>      your parallel port, but since the output is still encrypted with
>      your passphrase, printing out even to "cloud-integrated" modern
> -    printers should remain a relatively safe operation. One option is to
> -    change the passphrase on your master key immediately after you are
> -    done with paperkey.
> +    printers should remain a relatively safe operation.
>  
>  Back up your whole GnuPG directory
>  ----------------------------------
> @@ -311,7 +309,7 @@ Remove the Certify key from your homedir
>  ----------------------------------------
>  
>  The files in our home directory are not as well protected as we like to
> -think.  They can be leaked or stolen via many different means:
> +think. They can be leaked or stolen via many different means:

One or 2 spaces after a period is one of the things that we historically
don't care about (can go either way).
Along with use the serial comma and British/American spellings.

>  
>  - by accident when making quick homedir copies to set up a new workstation
>  - by systems administrator negligence or malice
> 

-- 
~Randy