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Simplify it to state the alphabetical ordering rule clearly without depending on who happens to be the last entry. Suggested-by: Randy Dunlap Acked-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Hisam Mehboob --- CREDITS | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS index df5281ac7d88..885fb05d8816 100644 --- a/CREDITS +++ b/CREDITS @@ -4555,8 +4555,5 @@ D: MD driver D: EISA/sysfs subsystem S: France =20 -# Don't add your name here, unless you really _are_ after Marc -# alphabetically. Leonard used to be very proud of being the -# last entry, and he'll get positively pissed if he can't even -# be second-to-last. (and this file really _is_ supposed to be -# in alphabetic order) +# Don't add your name here unless you really are last alphabetically. +# (This file is supposed to be kept in alphabetical order by last name.) --=20 2.51.0