On 10.07.23 21:43, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 07:10:11PM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: >> Document how to delay backporting or send a note to the stable team >> using shell-style inline comments attached to stable tags. >> >> CC: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> CC: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> >> CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> >> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++++--- >> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst >> index 51df1197d5ab..6e4026dd6882 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst >> +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst >> @@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the tag >> >> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> -in the sign-off area. Once the patch is merged it will be applied to >> -the stable tree without anything else needing to be done by the author >> -or subsystem maintainer. >> +in the sign-off area; to accompany a note to the stable team, use a shell-style > > Is that how a ';' is really used? I never can remember, so it's an > honest question here :) Ha, better ask a native speaker or your favorite internet search engine for advice and not someone from Germany that in school was always bad at both German and English. ;) But to answer the question: I think it is used this way in English "to connect related, but independent clauses". But the relation is not that strong or important here; I also tend use semicolons a bit too much, so I'll just drop it for v2. > [...] > This looks great to me, so I'll be glad to take it. thx! Ciao, Thorsten
