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Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:05:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Kit Dallege To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Shuah Khan , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Randy Dunlap Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] docs: process: fix grammatical errors in 2.Process.rst Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:05:21 +0100 Message-ID: <20260315170521.63794-4-xaum.io@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 In-Reply-To: <20260315170521.63794-1-xaum.io@gmail.com> References: <20260315170521.63794-1-xaum.io@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Fix five minor grammatical issues: - Add comma after introductory phrase "At that point" - Add comma before conditional "if at all possible" - Change "close to ready" to "close to being ready" - Add article "a" before "more extensive review" - Add article "the" before "volume can reach" Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D214931 Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6 Signed-off-by: Kit Dallege --- Documentation/process/2.Process.rst | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst b/Documentation/process/2.= Process.rst index 57fa8cac58a6..81dddf0c6ace 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ As fixes make their way into the mainline, the patch rate= will slow over time. Linus releases new -rc kernels about once a week; a normal series will get up to somewhere between -rc6 and -rc9 before the kernel is considered to be sufficiently stable and the final release is made. -At that point the whole process starts over again. +At that point, the whole process starts over again. =20 As an example, here is how the 5.4 development cycle went (all dates in 2019): @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ The stages that a patch goes through are, generally: - Design. This is where the real requirements for the patch - and the way those requirements will be met - are laid out. Design work is often done without involving the community, but it is better to do this work - in the open if at all possible; it can save a lot of time redesigning + in the open, if at all possible; it can save a lot of time redesigning things later. =20 - Early review. Patches are posted to the relevant mailing list, and @@ -164,12 +164,12 @@ The stages that a patch goes through are, generally: process should turn up any major problems with a patch if all goes well. =20 - - Wider review. When the patch is getting close to ready for mainline + - Wider review. When the patch is getting close to being ready for mainl= ine inclusion, it should be accepted by a relevant subsystem maintainer - though this acceptance is not a guarantee that the patch will make it all the way to the mainline. The patch will show up in the maintainer's subsystem tree and into the -next trees (described below). When the - process works, this step leads to more extensive review of the patch and + process works, this step leads to a more extensive review of the patch = and the discovery of any problems resulting from the integration of this patch with work being done by others. =20 @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ There are lists hosted elsewhere; please check the MAIN= TAINERS file for the list relevant for any particular subsystem. =20 The core mailing list for kernel development is, of course, linux-kernel. -This list is an intimidating place to be; volume can reach 500 messages per +This list is an intimidating place to be; the volume can reach 500 message= s per day, the amount of noise is high, the conversation can be severely technical, and participants are not always concerned with showing a high degree of politeness. But there is no other place where the kernel --=20 2.53.0