Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] Fix various typos found by Lintian

[Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>]

On Sat, 2020-04-25 at 19:47 +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 04/03/2020 16:28, Luca Boccassi:
> > On Wed, 2020-03-04 at 14:34 +0000, Kevin Traynor wrote:
> > > On 29/02/2020 16:37, luca.boccassi@gmail.com  wrote:
> > > > Debian's linter is getting more and more annoy^^smart and now
> > > > parses binaries
> > > > for typos too - CC stable to get it off my back in the next
> > > > release
> > > 
> > > Minor: Probably linter is better trained in the Queen's English
> > > than
> > > me
> > > or it could be personal preference, but 'one' seems to be
> > > referring
> > > to
> > > the user and it reads a bit strange for me. e.g.
> > > 
> > > "Slave %d capabilities doesn't allow one to allocate additional
> > > queues"
> > > "hardware specifications that allow one to handle virtual memory"
> > > "Do not allow one to send packet if the maximum DMA.."
> > > 
> > > as opposed to
> > > 
> > > "Slave %d capabilities don't allow allocation of additional
> > > queues"
> > > "hardware specifications that allow handling of virtual memory"
> > > "Do not allow sending of a packet if the maximum DMA.."
> > 
> > You might be right - but the intent here is not to be correct, it's
> > to
> > get the linter to leave me alone :-)
> 
> I agree with Kevin that the wording "allow one to make" is strange.
> Would lintian leave you alone with "allow making"?
> 
> Anyway the "allow to" sentences are not typos.
> They could be reworded in a separate patch.
> 
> Patch partly applied, except the "allow one to" changes, thanks.

It probably would work - will check in the next cycle.

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Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi