On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 13:51 -0800, David Miller wrote: > > The kernel printk messages are sentences. English language sentences end > > with a full stop. They are messages printed up for normal human beings to > > read and they should therefore be properly written. > I totally agree. > I think the incorrect grammar and lack of proper capitalization and > puntuation in the kernel messages and our changelog entries is totally > embarassing for a professional software project.
I agree with the grammar, capitalization, punctuation desires. I add spelling, intelligibility and consistency to that list. I believe though that printk messages are not sentences but are logging statements. Statements do not require full-stops. Opinions, of course, vary. cheers, Joe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
