Re: Those ruddy punctuation fixes

Benjamin LaHaise (bcrl@redhat.com)
Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:17:23 -0500


On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 11:16:07PM -0800, Dan Kegel wrote:
> Or is the hubub really about something else? Like people
> just hate the whole idea, and wish it would go away,
> and don't really want to discuss it rationally?

Spelling fixes are annoying ways to break patches that provide no
user visible value. It also detracts from the character of the
code: who wants "drain brammage" to be replaced with "brain dammage"?

-ben

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