netdev - Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH 0/9] Documentation: correct lots of spelling errors (series 2)

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Date:   Thu, 02 Feb 2023 11:46:54 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     nvdimm@...ts.linux.dev, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Song Liu <song@...nel.org>, dm-devel@...hat.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, Zefan Li <lizefan.x@...edance.com>,
        sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
        Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@...cinc.com>,
        Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
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        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
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Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH 0/9] Documentation: correct lots of spelling
 errors (series 2)

Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org> writes:

> On 2/2/23 10:33, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 2/2/23 10:09, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>>> Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> writes:
>>>>   [PATCH 6/9] Documentation: scsi/ChangeLog*: correct spelling
>>>>   [PATCH 7/9] Documentation: scsi: correct spelling
>>>
>>> I've left these for the SCSI folks for now.  Do we *really* want to be
>>> fixing spelling in ChangeLog files from almost 20 years ago?
>> 
>> That's why I made it a separate patch -- so the SCSI folks can decide that...
>
> How about removing the Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.* files? I'm not 
> sure these changelogs are still useful since these duplicate information 
> that is already available in the output of git log ${driver_directory}.

Actually, the information in those files mostly predates the git era, so
you won't find it that way.  I *still* question their value, though...

jon