Linus Arver wrote: > FWIW we already have some guidelines about what is acceptable for doc > patches in SubmittingPatches: > > We currently have a liberal mixture of US and UK English norms for > spelling and grammar, which is somewhat unfortunate. A huge patch that > touches the files all over the place only to correct the inconsistency > is not welcome, though. Potential clashes with other changes that can > result from such a patch are not worth it. We prefer to gradually > reconcile the inconsistencies in favor of US English, with small and > easily digestible patches, as a side effect of doing some other real > work in the vicinity (e.g. rewriting a paragraph for clarity, while > turning en_UK spelling to en_US). Obvious typographical fixes are much > more welcomed ("teh -> "the"), preferably submitted as independent > patches separate from other documentation changes. > > and both the 2-space vs 1-space and comma changes seem to fall into the > "not welcome" category. Ok, then, I think at this point I'll abandon this PR. I could probably find the time to justify rewriting one paragraph in this single file to try to abide by the requirements, but it doesn't seem worth it. I'm sorry I wasted everyone's time.