Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] linux: README: reduced README size by 1 byte by removing unnecessary space character | From | Markus Heiser <> | Date | Fri, 7 Jun 2019 19:43:21 +0200 |
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Am 07.06.19 um 07:59 schrieb Alex: > From: Aaron A Montoya <aaron.a.montoya@gmail.com> > > On line 9 of the README there is an unnecessary extra space character, > after the period, that adds 1 byte of size to the file. By removing the > unnecessary space, Linux downloads will be 1 byte smaller and therefor be > faster to download and take up less space on a user's system, all while > correcting a sentence structure issue. This change is one of the few > optimizations with practically no downsides, besides taking time out > of the hardworking Linux maintainers day to implement the change. > Remove extra space after the period on line 9 of the README. > Commit 0619770a02a30834 ("Removed unnecessary space character from README") >
best joke today but wrong in two ways ;)
1. size matter? The commit (-message) adds to more bytes to the repo ;) 2. Be correct formated? The extra Space is for 'sentence spacing' [1] e.g. emacs text modes are formating such spacing.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_spacing
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