linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: maintainer: Fix capitalization

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Message-Id: <DBCAF005-F4C6-44D2-8DB3-71B002501770@linux.dev>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 22:06:36 +0200
From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
 workflows@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: maintainer: Fix capitalization

On 15. Sep 2025, at 21:43, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 9/15/25 12:35 PM, Thorsten Blum wrote:
>> 
>> On 15. Sep 2025, at 21:29, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>> On 9/15/25 12:22 PM, Thorsten Blum wrote:
>>>> The sentence starts at the previous line: s/Indicate/indicate/
>>> 
>>> Are you sure?
>>> ISTM that the entire line is a "sub-heading".
> 
> After I sent this I saw that I should have added that it's ambiguous
> and needs some formatting help, so I'm not surprised to see this:
> 
>> Hm maybe, but then the layout/rendering on the web is very confusing:
>> 
>> https://docs.kernel.org/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.html#key-cycle-dates

I think the entire line is meant to be a sub-heading. If it were a
single sentence, it should be either "Deadline ... indicates" or
"Deadlines ... indicate", but not "Deadline ... indicate".

Maybe the author of 4699c504e603 (cc Dan Williams) can confirm this?

Thanks,
Thorsten