Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst"
Whilst making an unrelated change to some Documentation, Linus sayeth: | Afaik, even in Britain, "whilst" is unusual and considered more | formal, and "while" is the common word. | | [...] | | Can we just admit that we work with computers, and we don't need to | use þe eald Englisc spelling of words that most of the world never | uses? dictionary.com refers to the word as "Chiefly British", which is probably an undesirable attribute for technical documentation. Replace all occurrences under Documentation/ with "while". Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@gmail.com> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> Cc: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@google.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ embargo has lifted; whichever comes first. The only exception to that
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rule is if the bug is publicly known, in which case the preference is to
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release the fix as soon as it's available.
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Whilst embargoed information may be shared with trusted individuals in
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While embargoed information may be shared with trusted individuals in
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order to develop a fix, such information will not be published alongside
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the fix or on any other disclosure channel without the permission of the
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reporter. This includes but is not limited to the original bug report
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