Re: [PATCH] make slash-rules more readable

From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date: Jul 4, 2019, 10:40 UTC
Message-ID: <b33e42c2-96a7-88d8-03b1-2da317dfa692@iee.org>
In-Reply-To: <d1d2ebec-a94a-0092-4a6d-8ae32db1573b@in-ici.net>

On 27/06/2019 18:10, Dr. Adam Nielsen wrote:

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> On 25.06.19 13:31, Philip Oakley wrote:
>> only one minor point...
>
> >>> + - For example, a pattern `doc/frotz/` matches `doc/frotz` 
> directory,
> >>> +   but not `a/doc/frotz` directory; however `frotz/` matches `frotz`
> >
> > her I misread this as:  "but not a `doc/frotz` directory;"
> > i.e. the leading 'a' is too easy to skim over as is part of the
> > sentence's prose, so maybe change to a 'baz' lead directory (bar 
> already
> > having been used below).
>
> Yes we could change that.
>
>> Have you tried it out on any StackOverflow replies to see if those 
>> that inhabit that zone find it helpful?
>> Philip
> I answered one person who had a hard time reading the docs at SO, but 
> he didn't respond and the last time he was online was 2018, so I 
> didn't made the effort to edit my answer with the current version.
>
> -
>
> What are the next steps? If there are no more responses, does it imply 
> that everyone agrees with this patch? Can we publish it online?
>

If all the issues are cleared then I believe it is a case of providing a clean reroll (maybe identical to previous..) to Junio and the list to confirm that all issues have been resolved and it is ready for pu->next->master in the normal way, which should then show up in his 'What's cooking' emails.