Re: [v2 01/13] perf parse-events: Remove unused PE_PMU_EVENT_FAKE token

[Ian Rogers]

On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 10:52 AM Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >> Can the mentioned patch review concern be adjusted with wording alternatives
> >> for improved commit messages?
> >
> > Sorry, checked with a colleague and kernel contributor,
>
> Interesting …
>
>
> > we don't know what is being requested here,
>
> Another bit of attention for a known information source:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.4#n94
>
>
> > "imperative mood" makes no sense,
>
> How does such an opinion fit to the Linux development documentation?
>
>
> > as such I don't have a fix for what you're requesting.
>
> I got the impression that further possibilities can be taken better into account
> also for improved change descriptions.

Thanks Markus, I appreciate you feel you have a real point here, I'm
just not getting it. Perhaps you can write a commit message that
fulfils requirements like being in the correct "imperative mood" and I
will learn and improve.

Thanks,
Ian

> Regards,
> Markus