Re: [PATCH] docs: fix spelling of Shepherd in howto

From: Randy Dunlap

Date: Mon May 11 2026 - 20:42:03 EST


Hi,

On 5/11/26 5:09 PM, Chen-Shi-Hong wrote:
> Correct the spelling of "Shepherd" in the acknowledgements section of
> Documentation/process/howto.rst.

How do you know that the last name is misspelled?

I found email from "Alex Shepard" on lore.kernel.org/all/ but none from
Alex Shepherd.

https://lore.kernel.org/all/1137702713.3205.43.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Names can often be spelled many ways.

> Signed-off-by: Chen-Shi-Hong <eric039eric@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/process/howto.rst | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst
> index 9438e03d6f50..edf4412de112 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst
> @@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ Huizenga for some of the list of things you should and should not say.
> Also thanks to Pat Mochel, Hanna Linder, Randy Dunlap, Kay Sievers,
> Vojtech Pavlik, Jan Kara, Josh Boyer, Kees Cook, Andrew Morton, Andi
> Kleen, Vadim Lobanov, Jesper Juhl, Adrian Bunk, Keri Harris, Frans Pop,
> -David A. Wheeler, Junio Hamano, Michael Kerrisk, and Alex Shepard for
> +David A. Wheeler, Junio Hamano, Michael Kerrisk, and Alex Shepherd for
> their review, comments, and contributions. Without their help, this
> document would not have been possible.
>
>
> base-commit: 5d6919055dec134de3c40167a490f33c74c12581

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~Randy