Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [RFC] [IPv6] spelling fix in /proc: /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/default/temp_prefered_lft | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:25:19 -0700 |
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On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 13:52 -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Benoit Boissinot <benoit.boissinot@ens-lyon.org> > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:42:27 +0100 > > Here is a patch to fix all the spelling error (prefered -> preferred) > I think this doesn't add any value. > If the procfs file name has to remain the same, which it does, > changing variable and macro names to be different will only > cause merge conflicts and pain yet have no redeeming value.
I disagree. Proper spelling has value. Misspelled words require additional time to read and parse.
Any change can cause merge conflicts.
A simple comment on the proc name use should be added though.
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