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On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 09:07:30AM -0500, Flavio Percoco wrote:
> On 11/03/15 15:06 -1000, John Bresnahan wrote:
> >FWIW I agree with #3 and #4 but not #1 and #2.  Spelling is an easy enough
> >thing to get right and speaks to the quality standard to which the product
> >is held even in commit messages and comments (consider the 'broken window
> >theory').  Of course everyone makes mistakes (I am a terrible speller) but
> >correcting a spelling error should be a trivial matter.  If a reviewer
> >notices a spelling error I would expect them to point it.
> 
> I'd agree depending on the status of the patch. If the patch has
> already 2 +2s and someone blocks it because of a spelling error, then
> the cost of fixing it, running the CI jobs and getting the reviews
> again is higher than living with a simple typo.

Also remember that submitting patches which fix typos is a great way
for new contributors to gain a ATC and thus qualify for free design
summit pass, so it is good to leave plenty of typos around :-P

Regards,
Daniel
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