Re: [PATCH] README: remove unnecessary comma in "System Administrator" section
From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Sun Feb 15 2026 - 13:18:06 EST
On 2/15/26 5:11 AM, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 15, 2026 at 12:11:52PM +0100, Achill Gilgenast wrote:
>> Commas before "and" are unnecessary if they are used in the same
>> context, as it is here.
>>
>> Fixes: b9a565b3e4d8 ("README: restructure with role-based documentation and guidelines")
>> Signed-off-by: Achill Gilgenast <achill@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> README | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/README b/README
>> index e6549b2a7aac..947265bc64ac 100644
>> --- a/README
>> +++ b/README
>> @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Maintain and stabilize kernel versions:
>> System Administrator
>> --------------------
>>
>> -Configure, tune, and troubleshoot Linux systems:
>> +Configure, tune and troubleshoot Linux systems:
>
> I suppose that this is a matter of preference, but the README consistently uses
> the Oxford comma throught the text.
>
> I think I'll just point to
> https://docs.kernel.org/doc-guide/contributing.html#typo-fixes and defer this
Exactly that. ^^^^^
> to the Documentation maintainers :)
--
~Randy