small cleanup in CREDITS

[jankeromnes]

Hi,

Here is what I did to the CREDITS file:

• I removed some tailing spaces
• I verified the alphabetical order, and found 3 errors
• I corrected them

Sorry for the microscopic commit.

Sincerely,
Jan.

[Gunni]

I believe pull requests like this are not used.

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/HOWTO

I recommend reading that.

[jankeromnes]

Thanks Gunni!

Now that I have read my way through the documentation, three small questions before I close this:

• Should I send my (protocol appliant) email to [email protected]?
• The CREDITS file seems to have no maintainers. Can I help by maintaining this file?
• Should my email contain a patch, or can it be a link to my github clone?

[sc68cal]

This is considered a trivial patch. Please consult MAINTAINERS and Documentation/SubmittingPatches for the person responsible and how to submit patches. Kernel.org is down right now, so [email protected] does not work. You can contact the current trivial patch maintainer at [email protected]

[Gunni]

Well, according to https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/SubmittingPatches#L200 you should mail Jiri Kosina [email protected].

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/MAINTAINERS#L6515

However since kernel.org is down i can not say where this should be sent, maybe use vger as a replacement and note that you're mailing there because the correct mail is down.

EDIT: yeah or use the mail sc68cal submitted: Jiri Kosina [email protected].

[jankeromnes]

Thanks a lot! I'll email my patch to Jiri Kosina.

[sc68cal]

You also need to amend your commit message to add a sign off line. You need that in the commit message or your patch will not be accepted. Check the docs for more info