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

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Message-ID: <6a2f324d-5be3-48d4-a787-2c3bc76a56ad@infradead.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 20:37:40 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
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 9/15/25 1:06 PM, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> 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?

I think all that is needed is a blank line after each of these sub-headings.
That makes the html output readable and more understandable.
Would you submit that patch, Thorsten?

thanks.
-- 
~Randy